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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 00-164

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 ofPrime
Date ofPrime
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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