Valley Improvement Ass'n v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

OPINION

FROST, Justice.

In this case we consider whether a final judgment was rendered in a declaratory action brought by an insured to establish its insurer’s contractual obligations of defense and indemnification. The district court ruled that the insurer was liable to the insured, but it expressly reserved jurisdiction to rule later on the amount of the damages award, including the percentage of defense and liability costs the defendant-insurer would owe in light of certain non-party insurers’ contributory liability. Because the district court awarded damages but failed to quantify them, the…