The plaintiff had sued the defendant for damages in a personal injury case, and after a trial lasting seven days, the plaintiff was awarded $1,077,731.34. The plaintiff had applied for double costs of the trial based on an offer to settle for $900,000, which the defendant had rejected. The court had determined that the offer did not qualify as an offer to settle under the applicable rule and therefore had denied the plaintiff's application for double costs. The court had considered factors such as the reasonableness of the offer, the relationship between the offer and the final judgment, the parties' financial circumstances, and other relevant factors. Ultimately, the court had concluded that it would not order the defendant to pay double costs. The plaintiff had been awarded ordinary costs of the action, while the defendant had been awarded costs of the application.