Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. v. Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc.

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• holding defendant who pleaded only contractual right to attorney’s fees did not invoke attorney’s fees provision of the Act for defending plaintiff’s declaratory judgment action
• holding defendant who pleaded only contractual right to attorney’s fees did not invoke attorney’s fees provision of the Act for defending plaintiff’s declaratory judgment action
• noting that the plaintiff had no need for declaratory relief because a “declaratory relief plea may not be coupled to a damage action simply in order to pave the way to recover attorney fees”
• reversing judgment for plaintiff on contract claim and declining to remand for consideration of equitable and just attorney’s fees under UDJA when plaintiff’s additional request for declaratory relief was unnecessary and improper
• reversing judgment for plaintiff on contract claim and declining to remand for consideration of equitable and just attorney's fees under UDJA when plaintiff's additional request for declaratory relief was unnecessary and improper
• self-insurance program constituted other valid and available insurance

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