Legal Opinion

Lietz v. Hansen Law Offices, PSC

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided February 7, 2012No. 40987-9-IIPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHunt, J.

¶1 Paul Lietz appeals the trial court’s (1) refusal to enter a CR 68 offer of judgment, which Hansen Law Offices PSC and Amy Hansen (collectively Hansen) extended before trial and Lietz claims he unconditionally accepted; and (2) refusal to award attorney fees under RCW 49.48.030.1 Lietz argues that the trial court erred in (1) finding no “meeting of the minds”2 about whether the offer of judgment included attorney fees; (2) ruling the offer of judgment agreement invalid, despite Hansen’s offer and Lietz’s unconditional acceptance having satisfied the doctrine of mutual assent (formerly known…

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