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Having been on both sides it definitely can happen if D feels they’ve given a fair offer and calculated and accepted risk, especially if either you or your client are seen as unreasonable. But depends on the defendant, who would be responsible for a judgment, insurance involved, the risk to the insured. If it’s a D that has a board and owes any kind of fiduciary duty or is sensitive to publicity they could throw money at you the day before jury selection.
Is a bench trial an option? Is it contacts or products liability? plaintiff perspective - everyone should be on board to try it and prepared to get 0, if DC smells even a bit of wavering they’ll play games.
Can you do a cheap focus group? Is there a possibility of a high low? Will your client get stuck with fees?
I've had offers pulled from me but it's rare. If they're affirmatively threatening to do it though, yeah, it could be a legit threat.
They’ll usually put the same amount back on the table so it’s probably a bluff. Insurance companies always want to settle cases if possible to avoid risk, expense, and take their insured out of harm’s way, but won’t pay more than they ultimately assess risk on the case. Make sure you’re assessing risk accurately since insurance companies are pros at it. Grab my free guide on risk analysis for more info https://www.leanlitigator.co/guide