THE COURTS

Title 231--RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

PART I.  GENERAL

[231 PA. CODE CH. 200]

Damages for Delay

[30 Pa.B. 519]

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

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Addendum to Explanatory Comment

   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 asrevised 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	Prime	Date of	Prime
Publication	Rate	Publication	Rate
	Percentage		Percentage
January 2, 1980	15 to 15 1/2	January 2, 1991	9 1/2 to 10
January 2, 1981	20 1/2 to 21 1/2	January 2, 1992	6 1/2
January 4, 1982	15 3/4	January 4, 1993	6
January 3, 1983	11 to 11 1/2	January 3, 1994	6
January 3, 1984	11	January 3, 1995	8 1/2
January 2, 1985	10 3/4	January 2, 1996	8 1/2
January 2, 1986	9 1/2	January 2, 1997	8 1/4
January 2, 1987	7 1/2	January 2, 1998	8 1/2
January 4, 1988	8 3/4	January 4, 1999	7 3/4
January 3, 1989	10 1/2	January 3, 2000	8 1/2
January 2, 1990	10 1/2

By the Civil Procedural
Rules Committee

REA BOYLAN THOMAS,   
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-164. Filed for public inspection January 28, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]

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