Defendant's lawyer purported to make an oral offer to compromise pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 998 (all further statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure) on the record of a deposition. The offer was never reduced to writing; nonetheless, plaintiff attempted to accept the offer in writing and sought to have it enforced by the
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