Juana Sanchez v. Prudential Pizza

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• holding that a Rule 68 offer using the term “claims for relief’ was at least ambiguous as to whether it included fees
• holding that if an offer of settlement under Rule 68 is even merely silent on the issue of costs, a plaintiff may recover the costs he has accrued as of the date of acceptance
• indicating that Rule 68 offers may include attorney‟s fees so long as the offer clearly states that it includes fees and costs
• remanding to district court for an award of attorneys’ fees where offer of judgment referring to all “claims for relief” was ambiguous as to attorneys’ fees
• “[Because the consequences of a Rule 68 offer are so great, the offering defendant bears' the burden of any silence or ambiguity concerning attorney fees.”
• “[B]ecause the consequences of a Rule 68 offer are so great, the offering defendant bears the burden of any silence or ambiguity concerning attorney fees.”

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