Chang

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Wild Chang and Kenneth Lo appeal from a postjudgment order denying their motion to strike or tax costs. The trial court awarded costs to defendants Fire Insurance Exchange and Stacy Chern (collectively, insurance defendants) after the trial court granted their motion for terminating sanctions and entered judgment in their favor. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Plaintiffs’ Insurance Claim and Consolidated Actions The underlying consolidated actions in this matter arose out of an insurance claim that plaintiffs submitted for losses caused by a fire in their home in 2014. In 2016, Fire Insurance Exchange offered to pay $19,925.91 in structural repairs, which plaintiffs rejected. In 2017, plaintiffs Chang and Lo filed their original complaint against Farmers Insurance Company, Inc. (Farmers), Fire Insurance Exchange, Stacy Chern Insurance Agency, and Chern.1 In May 2019, the insurance defendants made settlement offers of $14,242.56 each to Chang and Lo pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 998.2 The offers each stated: “This offer expires the earlier of 30 days from the date hereof, or at the

Chang and Lo filed an amended…