California Court of Appeal

An offer to compromise made pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 998 is effective to shift liability for costs only where the offer is properly allocated as to multiple offerees and is made in a manner allowing individual offerees to accept or reject it.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/13/2004
• Published 10/13/2004

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Betts & Wright and James B. Betts, Fresno, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• LeBeau-Thelen and Dennis R. Thelen, Bakersfield, for Defendant and Respondent Todd Andrews., No appearance for Defendant and Respondent Bakersfield Municipal Hospital.