Following a three-and-a-half-week jury trial for a motor vehicle accident, the plaintiff was awarded $36,000 in damages.
As this amount was less than the vanishing deductible, the action was dismissed.
The defendant sought costs of $211,234.92, having beaten a pre-trial offer to settle.
The court reduced the costs award to $150,000, noting that the defendant's late production of documents and lengthy cross-examination unnecessarily extended the trial by one-and-a-half weeks.
The plaintiff was granted 12 months to pay the costs award.
