When there is a recovery on a bond conditioned for the payment of money, as well as in all cases where a judgment or decree is rendered or made for the payment of money, it shall be for the aggregate of principal and interest due at the date of the verdict, if there be one, otherwise at the date of the judgment or decree, with interest thereon from the date of such verdict, if there be one, otherwise from the date of such judgment or decree, except in cases where it is otherwise provided. In any action founded on a tort, if the verdict be for the plaintiff, the judgment shall be for the amount of the verdict with interest thereon from the date of the verdict.
W. Va. Code § 56-6-29
Judgment or decree to be for aggregate of principal and interest to date of verdict
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 203 W. Va. 456 - Hensley v. West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources (1998)
Most recently applied in 227 W. Va. 611 - Hornbeck v. Caplinger (June 2011)
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