Eagle Surgical Supply, Inc. v Country-Wide Ins. Co., 2018 NY Slip Op 50157(U)(App. Term 2d Dept, 2018)
“The Civil Court denied defendant’s requests, and a judgment was entered on May 21, 2015 awarding plaintiff the principal sum of $1,131.68 and, among other things, no-fault statutory prejudgment interest from January 8, 2007. As limited by its brief, defendant appeals from so much of the judgment as awarded plaintiff no-fault statutory prejudgment interest from January 8, 2007.
No-fault statutory prejudgment interest (see Insurance Law § 5106 [a]) begins to accrue when the action is commenced (see 11 NYCRR 65-3.9 [c]), “unless the applicant unreasonably delays the . . . court proceeding” (11 NYCRR 65-3.9 [d]). While a significant amount of time elapsed between the commencement of this action and the trial, defendant did not adequately demonstrate to the Civil Court, and there was nothing in the record to indicate, the reason for the protracted delay or that it was plaintiff which had “unreasonably delay[ed]” the action”
