Legal Opinion
Joyce v. Black
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 22, 1990No. A044464PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KING, J.
In this case we hold that prejudgment interest is recoverable in personal injury cases in which judgments are entered on judicial arbitration awards if, after failing to accept plaintiff’s statutory offer of settlement, defendant did not obtain a more favorable judgment.
Stacey and Michael Joyce sued Sherwin S. Black, D.D.S., for dental malpractice. On October 2, 1986, they made a $24,999 settlement offer under Code of Civil Procedure section 998. Black did not accept the offer. The case went to judicial arbitration. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1141.10 et seq.) On July 28, 1988, the…
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