111 Addendum to explanatory comment to Rule 238

Title 231--RULES OF
CIVIL PROCEDURE

PART I.  GENERAL

[231 PA. CODE CH. 200]

Addendum to Explanatory Comment to Rule 238

[29 Pa.B. 449]

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

By the Civil Procedural
Rules Committee

EDWIN L. KLETT,   
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-111. Filed for public inspection January 22, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]