Navigation 'Rule of Compromises': Prevailing Trial Attorney Fees Reduced to Date of $3.2M Settlement Offer
Under Massachusetts Rule 68 of Civil Procedure, defendants may offer a settlement agreement to avoid trial expenses and protracted litigation. However, if a plaintiff rejects the offer but recovers less at trial, legal costs and attorney fees cannot be recovered after the date of the proposal, according to Suffolk County Superior Justice Anthony M. Campo Jr.
