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Basic Capital Management8/9/2001
532 (Tex. 1998). In Johnson, the supreme court noted the "important goal of restoring uniformity to the law of prejudgment interest," and held that common-law prejudgment interest should be computed as simple interest on damages accrued by the time of the judgment, as it is under the statute governing prejudgment interest in cases of wrongful death, personal injury, and property damage. Id.; see also Tex. Fin. Code Ann. § 304.104 (Vernon Supp. 2001) (in cases of wrongful death, personal injury, and property damage, prejudgment interest accrues "on the amount of a judgment").
We find no support in Texas law for Basic Capital's argument that prejudgment interest should be calculated on a paycheck-by-paycheck basis, rather than on the amount of the judgment. We resolve Basic Capital's seventh issue against it.
Attorneys' Fees
In its last issue, Basic Capital contends the trial court erred in awarding attorneys' fees to Phan, because he should not have been a prevailing party entitled to attorneys' fees under section 21.259. See Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 21.259 (Vernon 1996). Basic Capital argues the award of fees should be reversed if this Court reverses the judgment. Because we are affirming the trial court's judgment in favor of Phan, and he is a prevailing party under section 21.259, we affirm the trial court's award of attorneys' fees. We resolve Basic Capital's last issue against it.
We affirm the trial court's judgment.
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