Plaintiffs' Joint § 998 Offer Holds Up

Gonzalez v. Lew, No. B271312 (D2d3 Mar. 1, 2018) 
 
This is a wrongful death case arising out of a house fire where two people were killed. Plaintiffs made a joint, undifferentiated offer of judgment under Code of Civil Procedure § 998 for $1.5 million. Defendants didn’t accept it, and a jury ultimately awarded $2.6 million. So the Court awarded Plaintiff’s their expert fees and interest on the award from the date the offer expired.