SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
After it won a jury verdict and resulting judgment in a personal injury action, the Florida Highway Patrol, the defendant below, applied for attorney's fees under section 768.79, Florida Statutes (1995), because the plaintiff had rejected a $1000.00 offer of judgment made soon after the case was filed. The trial judge denied relief on the ground that the offer had not been made "in good faith" within the meaning of the statute. We reverse.<...
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