Rodriguez v. KS Industries CA5
-ooOoo- This appeal concerns an award of costs under Code of Civil Procedure1 section 998. “Section 998 is intended to encourage the settlement of lawsuits prior to trial by penalizing a party who fails to accept a reasonable settlement offer.” (Gonzalez v. Lew (2018) 20 Cal.App.5th 155, 161.) A plaintiff who rejects a defendant’s section 998 offer and fails to achieve a better result at trial is precluded from recovering



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