Samuel Calderon v. GEICO General Insurance Co

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “a judgment on liability that does not fix damages is not a final judgment because the assessment of damages is part of the merits of the claim that must be determined”
• holding that “a judgment on liability that does not fix damages is not a final judgment because the assessment of damages is part of the merits of the claim that must be determined”
• holding that “a judgment on liability that does not fix damages is not a final judgment because the assessment of damages is part of the merits of the claim that must be determined”
• explaining that “a judgment for the plaintiff that determines liability for, but does not fix the amount of, damages” is not a final judgment
• explaining that “a judgment on liability that does not fix damages is not a final judgment because the assessment of damages is part of the merits of the claim that must be determined” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “In the ordinary course a ‘final decision’ is one that ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.” (citation modified)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).