THE COURTS

Title 231--RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

PART I.  GENERAL
[231 PA. CODE CH. 200]

Damages for Delay

[28 Pa.B. 359]

Annex A

TITLE 231.  RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

PART I.  GENERAL

CHAPTER 200.  BUSINESS OF COURTS

Rule 238.  Damages for Delay in an Action for Bodily Injury, Death or Property Damage.

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ADDENDUM

   The prime rate as set forth in the first edition of the Wall Street Journal for a particular year is the basis for calculating damages for delay under Pa.R.C.P. 238 as revised November 7, 1988. The prime rate published in the first edition of the Wall Street Journal for each of the years specified is as follows:

Date of Publication	Prime Rate
January 2, 1980	15% to 15 1/2%
January 2, 1981	20 1/2% to 21 1/2%
January 4, 1982	15 3/4%
January 3, 1983	11% to 11 1/2%
January 3, 1984	11%
January 2, 1985	10 3/4%
January 2, 1986	9 1/2%
January 2, 1987	7 1/2%
January 4, 1988	8 3/4%
January 3, 1989	10 1/2%
January 2, 1990	10 1/2%
January 2, 1991	9 1/2% to 10%
January 2, 1992	6 1/2%
January 4, 1993	6%
January 3, 1994	6%
January 3, 1995	8 1/2%
January 2, 1996	8 1/2%
January 2, 1997	8 1/4%
January 2, 1998	8 1/2%

By the Civil Procedural Rules Committee

EDWIN L. KLETT,   
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-119. Filed for public inspection January 23, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]

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