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April 5th, 2012 
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Adams v Ford Motor Co. 199 Cal.App.4th 1475 (2/1) (2011) Ford made CCP § 998 offer, $10K and cost waiver in wrongful death (asbestos automotive-friction) case. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer.com Jury verdict for Ford. Adams’s motion to tax costs based on unreasonable settlement offer and unnecessary expert fee ($186K), denied, affirmed. [1] Adams’s other settlements ranged from $2K-70K and liability of this class of case is hard to prove, so $10K was in the bal park, especially with the cost waiver offer. [2] Verified cost memorandum is prima facie evidence of propriety. Adams failed to rebut factually either reasonableness § or necessity. [3] Expert costs not limited to those incurred after § 998 offer. 998(c) authorized trial court to award all expert fees, whether before or after offer made. San Diego personal injury attorney