Legal Opinion
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Burgess
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 3, 1973No. 6651, 6652PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 persons suffering damage or injury in the District of Columbia from the negligent actions of a nonresident motorist with a means of obtaining personal jurisdiction over the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hess v. PawloskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Nelson v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
- Olberding v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Bulova Watch Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Dobkin v. ChapmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Sanker v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Frank Emmet Real Estate, Inc. v. MonroeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989