Hansen v. Doan

I respectfully dissent. The uncontroverted record demonstrates that while the plaintiff expressly conditioned his settlement offer on the tender of a limited release with no indemnity language, Liberty Mutual instead tendered a limited release that contained indemnity language and simply promised to reach agreement on the precise terms of a release at some indefinite time in the future. Because Liberty Mutual’s actions did not constitute an unequivocal acceptance of the plaintiff’s settlement offer, there was no meeting of the minds, and no settlement was reached. The trial court’s order…