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PLAINTIFF WAS NOT ENTITLED TO PREJUDGMENT INTEREST IN THIS BREACH OF CONTRACT ACTION BECAUSE PLAINTIFF FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE WHEN THE DAMAGES WERE INCURRED (SECOND DEPT).

n a breach of contract action too complex to fairly summarize here, the Second Department determined plaintiff was not entitled to prejudgment interest pursuant to CPLR 5001 (a) because plaintiff did not demonstrate when the damages were incurred:

We agree with the Supreme Court’s determination that the plaintiff was not entitled to prejudgment interest. CPLR 5001(a) provides that interest shall be recovered upon a sum awarded for a breach of contract. CPLR 5001 further mandates that “[i]nterest shall be computed from the earliest ascertainable date the cause of action existed” (CPLR 5001[b]). “Where such damages were incurred at various times, interest shall be computed upon each item from the date it was incurred or upon all of the damages from a single reasonable intermediate date” (CPLR 5001[b]…). CPLR 5001 further provides that “[t]he date from which interest is to be computed shall be specified in the verdict, report or decision” (CPLR 5001[c]). With limited exception, “[i]f a jury is discharged without specifying the date, the court upon motion shall fix the date” (id.). The party seeking prejudgment interest bears the burden of demonstrating the date from which interest should be computed… .

Here, the plaintiff failed to demonstrate when the damages were incurred. Under the particular circumstances of this case, the Supreme Court’s determination that the damages were not incurred until the jury rendered its verdict was warranted … . Kachkovskiy v Khlebopros, 2018 NY Slip Op 05671, Second Dept 8-8-18

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