Watts v. Dickerson

Opinion

THOMPSON, J.

In a personal injury action, the defendant, Charles Dickerson, appeals from the judgment awarding the administrators of the estate of Beverly Watts $25,000 pursuant to a statutory offer of compromise made under Code of Civil Procedure section 998, 1 by Dickerson to Watts prior to her death.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the statutory offer of compromise under section 998 created an irrevocable option for 30 days which was not terminated by the death of the offeree. We hold that, in the context of a personal injury action, a statutory offer of compromise by a…