An appeal against quantum of damages will be dismissed as futile where the judgment debtor's estate is bankrupt and the existing judgment debt already exceeds the estate's assets, and the appellant cannot demonstrate that collateral proceedings (such as devastavit claims) would render the estate solvent. A speculative and unquantified proposed amendment to collateral proceedings will not be given weight in this assessment.
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