Second District, Division Eight So Rules In Forged Check Case. Code of Civil Procedure section 998 offers made to two or more parties, contingent on all parties’ acceptance and unapportioned, is generally not valid. This happens to be the general case because the offerees do not know with certainty what they […]
Second District Finds Ambiguity in 998 Offer, Contrasting It With A More Limited Release of Claims Involved in the Operative Lawsuit. If a litigant is going to ask for a release of claims in a 998 offer, the next case offers a lesson in specificity—avoid asking for a release of generalized
Fourth District, Division One Harmonizes the Interplay Between Code of Civil Procedure section 998 and Civil Code section 1717(b)(2). Recently, there has been a rash of decisions dealing with offers to compromise under Code of Civil Procedure section 998. The next case resolves what happens when section 998 collides with Civil
First District Decides Issue in 998 Context, Also Noting Split in Appellate Thinking in Interpreting CCP Section 1032. On June 16, 2008, we had our first post on Code of Civil Procedure section 998. Lo and behold, the First District came out with a decision on the same day dealing with
