United States v. Arthur Engene Whitcomb

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

The Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund Law of Maryland * does not provide indemnity, the District Court has ruled, for a claim held against an uninsured motorist by the United States. This determination was rested solely on an interpretation of the Act: that the Government is not an eligible claimant, because it is not within the statute’s definition of a “qualified person”. The appeal of the United States against this judgment must, we hold, be sustained.

The Law makes available to a “qualified person” reparations for injury or damage arising from motor vehicle…