District Court of Appeal of Florida June 21, 2000, Nos. 4D99-2175, 4D99-3979 (Maingate Development, Inc. v. Lakeview Marketing Group, Inc.)

FARMER, J.

We affirm a jury verdict awarding Lake-view $65,000 in damages for Maingate’s breach of a contract between the two. Since the jury’s verdict liquidated damages as of a date certain — February 13, 1996 (the date the contract was breached) until August 27, 1998 (the date of the verdict)— Lakeview is entitled, as a matter of law, to prejudgment interest at the statutory rate from the date