Brownco Construction lawsuit 581
April 18th, 2012 
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Martinez v Brownco Construction Co., Inc 203 Cal.App.4th 507 (2012) (2/1) Plaintiffs CCP § 998 offer #1, $4.7M and 250K and months-later offer #2, $1.5M and $100K, neither accepted within 30 days. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer Trial verdict $1.6M and $250K. Plaintiffs costs included expert fees, 189K between offers, 65K after, video deposition prepared for trial, $12K, and PowerPoint used in closing argument, $87K. Motion to tax costs granted on experts between offers, denied otherwise. Reversed. [1] Video editing properly considered “reasonably necessary.” [2] PowerPoint may have been helpful in complex case’s closing argument, but not reasonably necessary. [3] Between-offer expert fees (question of first impression) to be treated as same as the second offer. The second does not extinguish the first. If first is a reasonable offer, not matter of gamesmanship, etc., then granting fees within court’s discretion. San Diego personal injury attorney