OPINION
INTRODUCTION
Code of Civil Procedure section 998 (section 998) provides that if a plaintiff does not accept a defendant's pretrial settlement offer and then fails to obtain a more favorable judgment at trial, the defendant may recover its costs incurred after the settlement offer. Here, defendant/appellant STAAR Surgical Company (STAAR) made two separate pretrial offers to settle plaintiff/respondent One...
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