Ingram v. Key

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

Donald and Joyce Ingram filed a personal injury suit against Danny S. Key IL. The Ingrams rejected Key's pre-trial settlement offer of $10,000. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Key.

Key filed a motion to tax costs pursuant to Ind.Trial Rule 68. That rule mandates recovery of certain costs by the defendant if the plaintiff rejects the defendant's pretrial settlement offer but obtains a judgment in a lesser amount.

In his T.R. 68 motion, Key alleged costs of $10,460.68, including attorney fees. The Hendricks County Circuit Court granted the motion, and the Ingrams…