Time Out LLC v. 13359 Corp. CA2/1
The issue before us is whether the trial court erred in interpreting defendant 13359 Corp.’s offer pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 998 (998 offer) to pay a “total sum” of $12,500 “exclusive of reasonable costs and attorney[ ] fees, if any” as preserving plaintiff’s right to seek attorney fees and costs in a subsequent motion. The subject of the 998 offer was plaintiff Timed Out LLC’s statutory and common law misappropriation claims; plaintiff’s statutory claim sought an award of attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party under Civil Code section 3344, subdivision (a). The issue before us is whether the trial court erred in interpreting defendant 13359 Corp.’s offer pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 998 (998 offer) to pay a “total sum” of $12,500 “exclusive of reasonable costs and attorney[ ] fees, if any” as preserving plaintiff’s right to seek attorney fees and costs in a subsequent motion.
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