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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 998

Citation
Section 998
Parent Document
Kelly v. Choon Yee, 213 Cal. App. 3d 336 (1989)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1989-08-22

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costs and attorney’s fees as against her . . . .” Their reasoning appears to be that, since the settlement offer was made to all three plaintiffs, in determining the value of the judgment ultimately obtained, the award of preoffer attorney’s fees and costs to the two appellants must be offset by any award of postoffer attorney’s fees and costs against Carol Huang. Although the argument has possible merit, it rests on questionable assumptions: it assumes that a defendant may make a settlement offer under Code of Civil Procedure section 998 jointly to multiple plaintiffs, despite the holding of Randles v. Lowry