Crawford v. Amadio

THOMAS, Justice.

The parties in these consolidated cases ask us to resolve the question of how costs should be awarded after an offer of judgment (settlement) is made and rejected by a plaintiff who then is not successful in achieving a more favorable recovery. Kimberly Crawford (Crawford) brought her action against Tracy Lynn Amadio (Amadio) to recover for injuries sustained in an automobile collision. Amadio made an offer of judgment to Crawford, which Crawford declined, and the jury verdict in favor of Crawford was not more favorable than the amount offered by Ama-dio. When costs were…