LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. BURGESS

Nos. 6651, 6652.

308 A.2d 775 (1973)

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Paul M. Foman, Appellants, v. William BURGESS, Appellee. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Alfred Dintaman, Appellants, v. Melvin CORNELIUS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin R. C. Dyer, Washington, D. C., was on the briefs for appellants in both cases.

No appearance was filed on behalf of either appellee.

Before PAIR, YEAGLEY, and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


HARRIS, Associate Judge:

This case presents a novel question of statutory interpretation involving the interrelationship between the District of Columbia long arm statute (D.C.Code 1972 Supp., § 13-401 et seq.) and the relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act (hereinafter SRA) (D.C.Code 1967, §§ 40-417 through 40-498c).

The SRA was enacted in 1954.1 One of its key purposes was to provide...

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