Hawks v. Gottschall

After a jury trial held on October 21, 1963, the appellees herein (Irving B. Gottschall, his wife Lois A. Gottschall, and their infant son Brad I. Gottschall) were awarded judgments totaling $7,400 against the appellant, Edgar Paul Hawks, arising out of an automobile accident occurring in Harford County, Maryland, on March 31, 1961. Because the judgment debtor did not, at the time of the accident, carry any insurance which would be liable for payment of the judgments and because the debtor did not have property or other assets from which the judgments could be collected, the appellees,…