Braaksma v. Pratt

SILBERMAN, Chief Judge.

Luke Braaksma, the plaintiff in the underlying personal injury action, seeks review of a final judgment declining to award him attorney’s fees against defendant Nancy A. Pratt under the offer of judgment statute. Although Braaksma obtained a qualifying judgment and his offer of judgment complied with the technical requirements of the statute, the trial court determined that a reasonable amount to be awarded is $0. We reverse.

The personal injury action was filed on behalf of the then-minor Braaksma after he was injured by falling shopping carts in a K-Mart parking lot.…