On this appeal from an order determining costs we are called upon to decide whether Code of Civil Procedure section 998 applies to an offer to compromise made jointly by two defendants to one plaintiff, and if so, whether plaintiff may recover her preoffer costs. We answer both questions in the affirmative.
Plaintiff Jean N. Brown and another, whose case was settled pretrial, filed a complaint against...
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