Court Opinion

ID: 9795434
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:28:55.138931+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:30:00.262883
License: Public Domain

Justice EISMANN,
specially concurring.
I concur in the majority opinion, and write only to add the following.
Even when payment is due, we have held that “damages must be liquidated or capable of mathematical computation for prejudgment interest to be awarded.” Dillon v. Montgomery, 138 Idaho 614, 618, 67 P.3d 93, 97 (2003). Accord Boel v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co., 137 Idaho 9, 17, 43 P.3d 768, *594776 (2002); Opportunity, L.L.C. v. Ossewarde, 136 Idaho 602, 609, 38 P.3d 1258, 1265 (2002); Bouten Constr. Co. v. H.F. Magnuson Co., 133 Idaho 756, 762, 992 P.2d 751, 757 (1999); Lickley v. Max Herbold, Inc., 133 Idaho 209, 213, 984 P.2d 697, 701 (1999); Bott v. Idaho State Bldg. Auth., 128 Idaho 580, 592, 917 P.2d 737, 749 (1996); Ervin Constr. Co. v. Van Orden, 125 Idaho 695, 704, 874 P.2d 506, 515 (1993); Taylor v. Herbold, 94 Idaho 133, 137, 483 P.2d 664, 668 (1971); Mitchell v. Flandro, 95 Idaho 228, 234, 506 P.2d 455, 461 (1972); Taylor v. Herbold, 94 Idaho 133, 137, 483 P.2d 664, 668 (1971); Farm Dev. Corp. v. Hernandez, 93 Idaho 918, 920, 478 P.2d 298, 300 (1970). In this case, Farm Bureau tendered the full amount of the policy upon concluding that there was liability. The amount of damages that would be due if liability were established was apparently not in conflict. Farm Bureau has not argued on appeal that prejudgment interest should not have been awarded on the ground that the damages were uncertain. Therefore, the awarding of prejudgment interest in this ease would not conflict with the above opinions.