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On the recordMarch 6, 1995
to begin with, if the defendant was indigent, it would be totally uncollectable anyway. So it would be of no value to anybody to get it. I would imagine the plaintiffs would be willing to go along with, unless, unless it happened to be an insurance company that was behind it.
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William Moorhead
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the implications of collecting judgments from indigent defendants.

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