The prejudgment interest rate is equal to the postjudgment interest rate applicable at the time of judgment.
Tex. Fin. Code § 304.103
PREJUDGMENT INTEREST RATE FOR WRONGFUL DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE CASE
Applied in 21 court decisions — leading case Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas v. Bush Ex Rel. Bush (2003)
Most recently applied in Fairmont Specialty Insurance Co. v. Apodaca (February 2017)
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.18(a), eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.