Edmund Mady v. Daimlerchrysler Corporation

Summary

The Court held that a consumer who accepts a settlement through Florida's offer-of-judgment procedure after filing a Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act action is a prevailing party and may seek fees and costs under the Act. Because the statutory procedure places the settlement under the court's continuing jurisdiction and gives it the functional equivalent of judicial enforcement, the settlement bears the required judicial imprimatur. Justice Canady, dissenting, would have affirmed because the settlement was neither judicially approved nor accompanied by a judgment awarding other relief.