Mews v. Beaster

¶ 1. The issue in this case arises from pretrial settlement offers made by the defendants to each of three plaintiffs. Wisconsin Stat. § 807.01(1) (2003-04) 1 allows a defendant to serve a written offer of judgment on a plaintiff, which offer the plaintiff must accept within ten days. If the plaintiff does not accept the offer and fails to recover a more favorable judgment, the defendant shall recover costs. Id. However, the offer is not valid unless the offeree is able to fully and fairly evaluate the offer from his or her own perspective. Wilber v. Fuchs, 158 Wis. 2d 158, 164-65, 461 N.W.2d…