Basha v. Mitsubishi Motor Credit of America, Inc.

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• considering letters exchanged by attorneys to determine if a Rule 68 offer of judgment included attorney fees even though the written offer did not explicitly include attorney fees
• considering a letter exchanged between the parties one week before the Rule 68 offer of judgment was made in interpreting the offer
• considering letters exchanged by attorneys to determine if a Rule 68 offer of judgment included attorney fees even though the written offer did not explicitly include attorney fees
• “Rule 68 offers must provide ‘a clear baseline from which plaintiffs may evaluate the merits of their case relative to the value of the offer’ ”
• “Courts apply general contract principles to interpret Rule 68 offers of judgment.”
• to serve Fed. R. Civ. P. 68’s goal of encouraging settlement and avoiding litigation, offers of judgment “must provide a clear baseline from which plaintiffs may evaluate the merits of their case relative to the value of the offer”

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