Vandenheuvel v. Wagner

OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

Appellants D. Scott and Dawn Vanden-heuvel challenge the district court’s decision allowing respondent Virgil A. Wagner to recover, under Minn. R. Civ. P. 68 (“Rule 68”), his total costs and disbursements incurred from the beginning of the lawsuit. Appellants contend that when the net verdict is less favorable to the offeree than the pretrial offer of judgment, Rule 68 allows the offeror to recover only those costs and disbursements incurred after the offer of judgment was made. A divided panel of the court of appeals affirmed the district court’s award of…