California Court of Appeal

In plaintiff's suit alleging breach of contract, intentional interference with contractual relations, and other claims, trial court's grant of plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees and costs and denial of defendant's motion for same is reversed as, where a defendant withdraws a second Code of Civ. Proc. section 998 settlement offer, the plaintiff's recovery must be measured against defendant's first settlement offer for section 998 purposes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/30/2009
• Published 11/30/2009

Judges

• SUZUKAWA, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Scheper Kim & Overland, Diann H. Kim, Los Angeles, Annah S. Kim, and William Forman, for Defendant, Cross-complainant, and Appellant., Davis Zfaty, Isaac R. Zfaty, Irvine;  Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro, Mark S. Adams, and Monica Vu, for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant, and Respondent.