Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies v. BPS Co.

Where a separate trial on the issue of liability is held, and the issue of liability is determined in favor of the plaintiff, an entry of judgment by the trial court in favor of the plaintiff on the issue of liability which leaves the amount of damages to be awarded unresolved until some future time, does not constitute a final judgment which may then be treated as an appealable order. Greeler v. Law (June 13, 1972), Franklin App. No. 72AP-60, unreported; American Mall, Inc. v. Lima (1966), 8 Ohio App. 2d 181 [37 O.O.2d 195], As noted in Greeler, and in subsequent decisions of this court, the…