Interest from verdict, report or decision to judgment
§ 5002. Interest from verdict, report or decision to judgment. Interest shall be recovered upon the total sum awarded, including interest to verdict, report or decision, in any action, from the date the verdict was rendered or the report or decision was made to the date of entry of final judgment. The amount of interest shall be computed by the clerk of the court and included in the judgment.
Interest also runs on the whole sum (including the § 5001 interest) from the date of the verdict/report/decision to the date final judgment is entered. ★ The clerk computes this and includes it in the judgment.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.