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2907 The value of public vindication, or the negative value of confidentiality, is so highly subjective and elusive that no court can determine its monetary worth, so in a defamation case, a monetary award lower than a rejected offer to settle for a higher amount coupled with a confidentiality requirement was not necessarily lower than the rejected offer and the defendant who made the offer was not entitled to enhanced costs.CitationBARELLA v EXCHANGE BANK (Confidentiality Value) 84 CA4 793 [See: CCP 998; Garcia v Hyster 28 CA4 724, T/AT 10/94; Valentino v Elliott 201 CA3 692]
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