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PLAINTIFF ENTITLED TO PREJUDGMENT INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE IN THIS CONVERSION ACTION (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff was entitled to interest at the statutory rate based on the value of the property at the time and place of conversion:

On a prior appeal in this action, this Court awarded summary judgment to the plaintiff, inter alia, on the cause of action to recover damages for conversion in the sum of $69,500, representing the amount of estate funds that were wrongfully converted by the defendant Rick Barrett. The Supreme Court subsequently entered an amended judgment that awarded the plaintiff the sum of $69,500 but failed to award prejudgment interest at the statutory rate of 9% per annum on that sum. The plaintiff appeals from so much of the amended judgment as failed to award prejudgment interest at the statutory rate on the $69,500 damages award.

“The usual measure of damages for conversion is the value of the property at the time and place of conversion, plus interest” … . Indeed, CPLR 5001(a) provides for the award of prejudgment interest upon sums awarded for the deprivation of or interference with another’s property, and relevant case law clearly establishes that such interest is properly awarded as part of the recovery on a cause of action sounding in conversion … . Moreover, interest is to be awarded at the statutory rate of 9% per annum … . Scotti v Barrett, 2018 NY Slip Op 07477, Second Dept 11-7-18

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