Elrod v. Oregon Cummins Diesel, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, J.
Code of Civil Procedure section 998 sets forth procedures whereby a party to a civil lawsuit can make a pretrial offer to settle the case. 1 The statute further prescribes conditions whereby the offeror may recover costs and expert witness fees if the offer is not accepted and the offeror obtains a judgment at least as favorable as that proposed in the offer. In Wear v. Calderon (1981) 121 Cal.App.3d 818 [175 Cal.Rptr. 566], Division Three of the Second District concluded, "... a good faith requirement must be read into section 998. In other words, the pretrial offer of…
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