Maryland Casualty Company v. Harry H. Hallatt and Mary Valentine Hallatt

Richardson’s liability to respond in damages for the injuries which he had inflicted on Mr. and Mrs. Hallatt was fully covered by insurance on the date of the collision, April 11,1956, and remained so protected for more than three years. Richardson declined to come from Massachusetts to Florida to attend the trial, stating that he had been out of work all of the preceding winter, and had then secured a job painting bridges which paid him $200 per week. There was no proof that Richardson could give any testimony beneficial to the defense of the negligence action. There had been no effort to…