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W. Va. Code § 56-6-29 (2026)

Judgment or decree to be for aggregate of principal and interest to date of verdict

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ARTICLE 6. TRIAL.

§56-6-29. Judgment or decree to be for aggregate of principal and interest to date of verdict.

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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1973–2011 · leading case: Hensley v. West Virginia Dep't of Health & Human Resources, 508 S.E.2d 616 (W. Va. 1998).
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Hensley v. West Virginia Dep't of Health & Human Resources, 508 S.E.2d 616 (W. Va. 1998). · cites it 6× “McCoy, specifically noted that W. Va.Code § 56-6-29 “makes a radical change in the law and expressly allows interest on interest, or compound interest, which was before illegal.”
Hornbeck v. Caplinger, 712 S.E.2d 779 (W. Va. 2011). · cites it 2× “See W.Va.Code § 56-6-29 (1923) (allowing compounding of interest on money judgments), W.”
Snider v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 360 F. Supp. 929 (S.D.W. Va 1973). · cites it 2× “Under the law of West Virginia, W.Va.Code, § 56-6-29 and § 56-6-31, the judgment bears interest from the date of the judgment.”
Bond v. City of Huntington, 276 S.E.2d 539 (W. Va. 1981). · cites it 2× “W. Va. Code, 56-6-29. 16 *600 We believe that a rule permitting additional damages by way of compensatory interest on pecuniary losses incurred prior to trial in personal injury actions as well as wrongful death claims is consistent with our prior case law and our liberal…”
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