Prejudgment interest may not be assessed or recovered on an award of exemplary damages.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.007
PREJUDGMENT INTEREST
Applied in 46 court decisions — leading case Transportation Insurance Co. v. Moriel (1994)
Most recently applied in in Re Xerox Corporation and Xerox State Healthcare, LLC F/K/A Acs State Healthcare, Llc (June 2018)
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 2, Sec. 2.12, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.