Key legal question
Whether a declaratory claim for liability in an accident damages case is a pecuniary dispute subject to appeal value requirements.
Extracted holding
The dispute was held to be pecuniary, even though the claim sought only a declaration of liability for future consequences.
Extracted reasoning
A liability action over accident consequences concerns damage compensation and is not, by its nature, incapable of monetary valuation. Future damage may be uncertain, but the claimant must still indicate a monetary maximum for federal appeal purposes.