MALCOLM JOHN PHILLIPS, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Fisher v. Fisher, 722 So. 2d 243 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998)
  …but it erred by failing to take into account the interest accrued on the sums the parties were directed to pay in the final judgment. Generally, interest begins to accrue on sums awarded in a final judgment upon its entry. See Merchant v. Merchant, 433 So. 2d 633 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). In this ease, the final judgment provided that interest was to accrue beginning March 23,1996. Because the additional postjudgment medical expenses credited to Mr. Fisher were not specified in the final judgment, that amount, $3…
• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Powell, 513 So. 2d 802 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987)
  …the original final judgment. Interest on a judgment does not begin to run until the judgment is entered and even a written judgment which has been signed by the court is not “entered” until it has been filed, with the clerk. Merchant v. Merchant, 433 So. 2d 633, 634 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983) (citations omitted). Therefore the award of interest on the attorney’s fees at the trial level must also be vacated. However, we affirm the amount of attorney’s fees and costs incurred at trial and on appeal since appellant…
• Denis Rety v. Green, 595 So. 2d 1036 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992)
  …e date of their rendition.”) (Emphasis supplied). In a tort action, interest accrues from entry of judgment. Parker; Skinner v. Ochiltree, 148 Fla. 705, 5 So. 2d 605 (1941); McNitt v. Osborne, 371 So. 2d 696 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); Merchant v. Merchant, 433 So. 2d 633 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983); Smith v. Goodpasture, 189 So. 2d 265 (Fla. 4th DCA 1966); see Roberts v. Askew, 260 So. 2d 492 (Fla.1972) (section 55.03 creates obligation to pay interest on judgments rendered); Allstate Ins. Co. v. Powell, 513 So. 2d 802 (Fla…

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Authorities Cited

• Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (U.S. 1967)