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3397 REVIEW DENIED In apportioning an unapportioned settlement to credit the judgment debtor for past and future economic damages already received by plaintiff, a trial court fashioning a schedule for periodic payments of a medical malpractice judgment for future damages is not bound by the jury's apportionment of present and future damages in its award against the non-settling party; plaintiff's attorney fees should be paid from the part of an award apportioned to past damages; an offer to compromise for a fixed amount or policy limits which ever is greater is sufficiently specific for purposes of CCP 998; under the circumstances of the case an undifferentiated offer to compromise an injured plaintiff's claim and the lost consortium claim of the injured plaintiff's spouse was held to be sufficient for purposes of CCP 998.CitationDEOCAMPO v AHN (Periodic Payments) 101 CA4 758 [See: CCP 667.7, 3291, 998; Holt v Regents 73 CA4 871, T/AT 9/99; Nguyen v UCLA 40 CA4 1433, T/AT 1/96; Salgado v Cty of LA 19 C4 629, T/AT 1/99; Home Ins v Zurich 96 CA4 17, T/AT 3/02]
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