Legal Opinion
Cadlo v. METALCLAD INSULATION CORP.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 30, 2009No. A120678PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMONS, J.
After two defendants in a personal injury case rejected the plaintiffs’ offers to compromise (Code Civ. Proc., § 998), the jury returned an award of damages against the defendants that exceeded the plaintiffs’ offers. Civil Code section 3291 1 provides that if a defendant does not timely accept a Code of Civil Procedure section 998 offer to compromise (hereafter 998 offer) and the plaintiff obtains a more favorable judgment, the plaintiff is entitled to specified annual interest. Relying on section 3291, the trial court determined defendants Metalclad Insulation Corporation…
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