COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 74516
JEANNE POLLOCK                   :
                                 :       ACCELERATED DOCKET
          Plaintiff-Appellant    :
                                 :         JOURNAL ENTRY
     vs.                         :
                                 :              AND
JOSEPH CASTLE                    :
                                 :            OPINION
          Defendant-Appellee     :
                                 :           PER CURIAM
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                            DECEMBER 17, 1998
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:         Civil appeal from
                                 Common Pleas Court
                                 Case No. CV-325045
JUDGMENT:                        Affirmed in part and
                                 Reversed in part.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:
For Plaintiff-Appellant:         JAMES P. CULLEN, ESQ.
                                 DANIEL J. RYAN, ESQ.
                                 Rego, Cullen & Hagan
                                 21270 Lorain Road
                                 P. O. Box 26259
                                 Fairview Park, Ohio 44127
For Defendant-Appellee:          SHAWN R. PEARSON, ESQ.
                                 410 Lakeside Place
                                 323 Lakeside Avenue, West
                                 Cleveland, Ohio 44113
PER CURIAM:
     Appellant Jeanne Pollack appeals a decision by the trial court
denying her prejudgment interest and $897 for videotaped transcript
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costs.  The jury awarded appellant $18,050 in her personal injury
action. Appellee Joseph Castle prior to the jury trial had offered
$1,000 to settle the matter after discovery.  Appellant assigns the
following errors for our review:
     I.   THAT THE TRIAL  COURT ERRED  IN NOT  AWARDING
          PRE-JUDGMENT INTEREST TO  PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT
          AFTER THE DEFENDANT OFFERED $1,000.00 PRIOR TO
          TRIAL AND A JURY VERDICT WAS RENDERED IN  THE
          AMOUNT OF $18,050.00.
     II.  THAT THE TRIAL  COURT ERRED  IN NOT  AWARDING
          PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT THE  COSTS  OF  VIDEOTAPE
          RECORDING AND PLAYBACK FOR TRIAL  DEPOSITIONS
          AFTER PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT PREVAILED AT TRIAL.
     In compliance with App.R. 11.1, our decision will be in brief,
conclusory form.   Consequently, our opinion  will not contain  a
comprehensive exposition of our  reasons for affirming the  trial
court's decision denying  prejudgment interest and reversing  its
decision denying $897 videotaped transcript cost.  Accordingly, we
modify the denial of costs and enter judgment for the appellant as
to the $897 in costs.
     Appellant's first assigned  error lacks merit.   Prejudgment
interest is discretionary.  Avondet v. Blankstein (1997), 118 Ohio
App.3d  357, 370.    Accordingly,  the trial  court's  denial  of
prejudgment interest must be unreasonable before we will interfere
with its discretion.
     Here, the appellee  consistently disputed liability.   After
discovery,  the  appellant's  special  damages  were  valued   at
$3,088.73.  Thereafter, appellant demanded $125,000 to settle the
case and later Pollock reduced her demand to $50,000 before trial.
Castle made  a counter-offer  of $1,000.   Appellee  consistently
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maintained  that appellant's  injuries were  pre-existing to  the
accident.  Therefore, we conclude, although a minimum amount  was
offered, based on this record, the trial court acted reasonably in
denying prejudgment interest.
     However, the trial court acted unreasonably in not  awarding
costs.  Sup.R. 13(D)(2) states that the recording and playing  of
videotape depositions shall be allocated as costs and Civ.R. 54(D)
grants  it authority to  order the costs  paid to the  prevailing
party.  Thus, appellant's assigned error two has merit.
     Judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part and judgment is
entered for appellant as the $897 cost.
     It is ordered  that appellee and  appellant share the  costs
herein taxed.
     The Court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.
     It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this Court
directing  the Common  Pleas Court  to carry  this judgment  into
execution.
     A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the  mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
                                   ______________________________
                                   PATRICIA ANN BLACKMON
                                   ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
                                   ______________________________
                                   TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE, JUDGE
                                   ______________________________
                                   LEO M. SPELLACY, JUDGE
     N.B.  This entry is an announcement of the court's decision.
See App.R. 22(B), 22(D) and 25(A); Loc. App.R. 27.  This decision
will be journalized and will become the judgment and order of the
court pursuant to App.R. 22(E), unless a motion for reconsideration
with supporting brief, per App.R. 26(A), is filed within ten (10)
days of the announcement of the court's decision.  The time period
for review by the Supreme Court of Ohio shall begin to run upon the
journalization of  this court's announcement  of decision by  the
.