Case Name: CHAROLETTE L. RESNER, Administratrix of the Estate of Herbert R. Resner, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. The NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY, a Wisconsin Corporation, Defendant
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1974-03-25
Citations: 164 Mont. 176
Docket Number: No. 12669
Parties: CHAROLETTE L. RESNER, Administratrix of the Estate of Herbert R. Resner, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. The NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY, a Wisconsin Corporation, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 164
Pages: 176–177

Head Matter:
CHAROLETTE L. RESNER, Administratrix of the Estate of Herbert R. Resner, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. The NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY, a Wisconsin Corporation, Defendant.
No. 12669.
Decided March 25, 1974.
520 P.2d 655.
Daniel Shea (argued), Missoula, for plaintiff.
Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, Missoula, Lawrence F. Daly (argued), Missoula, for defendant.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's appeal is granted. Reason: The district court's computation of interest in its amended judgment of February 21, 1973, is correct. Authority: Stockton Theatres, Inc., v. Palermo, 55 Cal.2d 439, 11 Cal.Rptr. 580, 582, 360 P.2d 76, specifically the following rule: " when a judgment is reversed on appeal the new award subsequently entered by the trial court can bear interest only from the date of entry of such new judgment." Rationale: As tort claims do not bear interest until the amount of damages is determined by judgment, the additional award of $65,759.51 bears interest only from the date of the judgment therefor, February 21, 1973.
Defendant's motion to assess damages against plaintiff for a frivolous appeal is denied. Reason: We choose not to exercise this discretionary power in this case as these successive appeals and applications are, in our view, the product of misdirected efforts flowing from the misguided judgment of plaintiff's counsel.