Davis v. Discount Tire Co.

*572OPINION

TOCI, Judge.

This appeal involves the effect of an unaccepted Rule 681 offer of judgment made by the defendant, Discount Tire Company (“Discount Tire”), to the plaintiff, Christina Davis, early in the course of a personal injury lawsuit. Later, at the mandatory settlement conference, Discount Tire orally offered to settle with Davis for less than Discount Tire’s previous Rule 68 offer of judgment. After Davis rejected the oral settlement offer, she obtained a jury verdict that was less than Discount Tire’s Rule 68 offer of judgment, but more than Discount Tire’s oral settlement proposal.