Professional Liability Blog
May 3, 2016
Missouri Legal Malpractice Warning: Failure to Timely Request Post-Judgment Interest Results in Forfeiture
In SKMDV Holdings, Inc. v. Green Jacobson, P.C., — S.W.3d —, No. ED102493 (Mo. App. E.D. Apr. 12, 2016), the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District reversed an award of post-judgment interest because its inclusion in an amended judgment was “untimely, and therefore void.” Id. at 38. If the initial judgment does not include an award of section 408.040 post-judgment interest and there is no timely request for such interest in an authorized post-judgment motion, the result is forfeiture of such interest.