NILO v. Fugate

In a personal injury case, the jury awarded damages to a commercial truck driver whose vehicle was rear-ended by a tractor trailer. Appellants raise ten issues. In addition to various evidentiary and collateral source matters, appellants, the driver and owner of the tractor trailer, complain of two rulings: (1) the trial court taxed more prevailing party costs against appellants than appellee was entitled to; and (2) the trial court erroneously determined that appellee was entitled to attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to appellee’s proposal for settlement. We affirm the trial court’s…