What is the difference between a plaintiff and the settlement offer in a personal injury case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Rutter v. Vadnais, 2017 BCSC 76 (CanLII):
Second, while the amount recovered is less than the settlement offer, that is rarely a determinative factor, particularly as jury awards are more difficult to predict than judge assessments (Smagh v. Bumbrah, 2009 BCSC 623 at para. 13).
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