Legal Opinion
Farnsworth v. Steiner
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 24, 1981No. 5345PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURKE, Justice.
This case is here for a second time. The sole issue now is the superior court’s award of interest upon remand from this court.
George Farnsworth won a jury verdict against Michael Steiner in a personal injury suit. Before trial, Steiner had made an offer of judgment pursuant to Civil Rule 681 which Farnsworth rejected. Since the trial court found Steiner’s offer to have been in excess of Farnsworth’s recovery, it awarded Steiner costs and attorney’s fees from the time of his offer through the date of verdict. Farnsworth appealed, attacking the validity of the offer of…
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