(1) Each party shall file a written acceptance or rejection of the mediation panel’s evaluation with the mediation clerk within 28 days after service of the panel’s evaluation. The failure to file a written acceptance or rejection within the 28 days constitutes acceptance.

    (2) A party’s acceptance or rejection of the panel’s evaluation shall not be disclosed until the expiration of the 28-day period, at which time the mediation clerk shall send a notice indicating each party’s acceptance or rejection of the panel’s evaluation.

    (3) In mediations involving multiple parties, the following shall apply:

    (a) Each party has the option of accepting all of the awards covering the claims by or against that party or of accepting some and rejecting others. However, as to any particular opposing party, the party shall either accept or reject the evaluation in its entirety.

    (b) A party who accepts all of the awards may specifically indicate that he or she intends the acceptance to be effective only if all opposing parties accept. If this limitation is not included in the acceptance, an accepting party is considered to have agreed to entry of judgment as to that party and those of the opposing parties who accept, with the action to continue between the accepting party and those opposing parties who reject.

    (c) If a party makes a limited acceptance under subdivision (b) and some of the opposing parties accept and others reject, for the purposes of the cost provisions of section 4910, the party who made the limited acceptance is considered to have rejected as to those opposing parties who accept.