Continental Casualty Co. v. Hartford Insurance

OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

Hartford Insurance sued Continental Casualty Company for damages that Hartford alleged it suffered as a result of the activity of Continental’s agent. Continental was served, failed to answer, and Hartford sought and received a default judgment. Seeking relief from the default judgment, Continental filed a motion for new trial. The trial judge orally granted a new trial as to damages only, but did not sign an order. In its only point of error, Continental claims that the trial judge abused her discretion by failing to grant a new trial on all issues and by failing…