Skipwith v. State

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• holding that postjudgment hearing on attorney’s fees did not affect finality of judgment
• determining whether supplemental postjudgment order regarding amount of attorney’s fees may raise claim that is separately appealable as final judgment
• adopting ‘‘bright-line rule’’ that ‘‘a judgment on the merits is final for purposes of appeal even though the recoverability or amount of attorney’s fees for the litigation remains to be determined’’
• adopting bright line rule that ‘‘a judgment on the merits is final for purposes of appeal even though the recoverability or amount of attorney’s fees for the litigation remains to be determined’’
• judgment for purposes of appeal final even though amount of attorney's fees to be determined
• “decisions on the merits and those on attorney’s fees will be treated separately, giving clear guidance as to when an appeal on the merits must be taken”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).