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Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, Certain London Market Insurance Companies
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Plaintiffs Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, and Certain London Market Insurance Companies1 sought a judicial declaration of their obligations under reinsurance and direct insurance contracts involving defendant Astro Limited (Astro), serving as both the reinsured and direct, captive insurer, and defendant Boeing Company (Boeing), the direct insured. The circuit court of Cook County grant... More... $0 (07-18-2008 - IL)
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Melissa Avery v. Joint Township District Memorial Hospital
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Plaintiff Melissa Avery appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Defendant Joint Township District Memorial Hospital on Avery’s claims of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and fraud. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the decision of the district court.
BACKGROUND
A. Substantive Facts
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William E. Kancilia v. Michele R. Pearson and Denise L. Fahy
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In this appeal, William Kancilia challenges the court of appeals' conclusion that his disability insurance payments can be garnished to satisfy judgments held by two of Kancilia's creditors, Michele Pearson and Denise Fahy. In the midst of Pearson and Fahy's trial against Kancilia involving various tort claims, Kancilia filed for bankruptcy. He claimed his disability insurance payments as exempt p... More... $0 (06-23-2008 - CO)
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Arnold, Matheny and Eagan, P.A. v. First American Holdings, Inc., etc., et al.
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The issue before us involves the interpretation of Florida‟s garnishment statute and the obligations it imposes on third parties, including attorneys, who are served with writs of garnishment. In its decision in First American Holdings, Inc. v. Preclude, Inc., 955 So. 2d 1231 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007), the Second District Court of Appeal ruled upon the following question, which the court certified ... More... $0 (05-01-2008 - FL)
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Acclaim Systems, Inc. v. Conrad A. Lohutko
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Conrad Lohutko appeals a foreign judgment that was registered in Missouri on March 19, 2007, by the St. Charles County circuit clerk. We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
I. BACKGROUND
Lohutko was employed by Acclaim Systems, Inc. ("Acclaim"), an Illinois corporation with its principal place of business in Pennsylvania, from January 2, 2005, until July 2005. Acclaim instituted the pres... More... $0 (03-18-2008 - MO)
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Anthony Sullivan v. Creenwood Credit Union
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This putative class action challenges the legality, under the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA" or "the Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., of an unsolicited letter to a consumer about the offering of credit for a home loan. Defendant Greenwood Credit Union sent the letter to plaintiff, Anthony Sullivan, and others based on a list of individuals meeting certain minimal credit requirements that Greenw... More... $0 (03-19-2008 - MA)
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Larry E. Petersen and Joyce Petersen v. Central Park Properties, Inc., et al.
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Jennifer A. Bauer filed an application to determine the liability
of the garnishee, R ealty Linc, Inc., doing business as ERA Realty Center. B auer sought to collect on a judgment entered against E .W. Skala. T he Hall County District Court determined
that Gary Thompson, president of R ealty Linc, had not accurately
answered garnishment interrogatories. The court entered
judgment against R eal... More... $19137 (03-07-2008 - NE)
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Hometown Bank, et al. v. Acuity Insurance
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1 After winning a judgment against Gordon Jungwirth, Hometown Bank filed a nonearnings garnishment action against Acuity Insurance, Jungwirth's liability insurer. The circuit court granted Acuity's motion for summary judgment and awarded it $500 in statutory costs. Hometown appeals only the award of costs, contending that garnishment is an equitable action and Wis. Stat. § 814.02(2) (2005... More... $500 (02-27-2008 - WI)
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Ajay Shah, et al. v. City of Farmington Hills, et al.
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In this garnishment action, Ford Motor Company (Ford) appeals as of right the trial
court's May 31, 2006 order and judgment entered in favor of Oxford Estates Condominium
Association (Association), which incorporated by reference the trial court's May 9, 2006 opinion
and order. We reverse the trial court's May 9, 2006 opinion and order, vacate the May 31, 2006
order and judgment, and remand fo... More... $0 (02-21-2008 - MI)
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Maurice Fokken v. John P. Steichen and Coregis Insurance Company, Inc.
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Judgment was entered against John P. Steichen and in favor
of Maurice Fokken and Deanna Wright Miller (collectively the
appellees) in separate legal malpractice actions brought against
Steichen. The appellees then instituted separate garnishment
proceedings against Coregis Insurance Company, Inc. (Coregis).
Coregis had issued Steichen's law firm a lawyers professional
liability insuranc... More... $0 (01-08-2008 - NE)
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PJL Properties, LLC v. Lawrence P. Recla and June M. Recla
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PJL Properties, LLC (solely owned by Peter J. Long)
appeals from an order denying a motion to reopen a small claims default
judgment. Long contends that the circuit court erred when it denied his motion to
reopen the judgment dismissing his claim and granting the counterclaim made by
June M. Recla and her son Lawrence. Long presents several issues on appeal,
challenging the circuit court's... More... $0 (12-27-2007 - WI)
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Dixon Financial Services, Ltd. and Hyperdynamics Corporation v. Greenberg, Peden, Siegmyer & Oshman, P.C., et al.
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The trial court granted summary judgment against appellants, Dixon Financial Services, Ltd. ("Dixon Financial") and Hyperdynamics Corporation ("Hyperdynamics"), in favor of appellees, Greenberg, Peden, Siegmyer & Oshman, P.C. ("Greenberg Peden"), Gerald Siegmyer ("Siegmyer"), Ron Bearden, and R.F. Bearden Associates, Inc. (collectively, "Bearden"). The trial court then severed appellants' claim... More... $0 (11-25-2007 - TX)
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Mary Ann Green, Natural Mother of Gerald McAdoo, Deceased, Appellant, v. Penn-American Insurance Co., et al., Respondents
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After obtaining a judgment for invasion of privacy and wrongful death against the owner of a St. Louis area nightclub, Mary Ann Green (Green) brought an equitable garnishment action under section 379.200 against Penn-Star Insurance Company (Penn-Star) in Jackson County.(FN1) She now appeals the adverse decision of the Jackson County Circuit Court. Green claims that the circuit court erred in ru... More... $0 (10-18-2007 - MO)
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AF-Cap, Inc. v. Chevron Overseas (Congo), Limited, et al.
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In this consolidated action, Af-Cap Inc. (Af-Cap), the judgment
creditor, appeals the district court's judgment dissolving
and vacating garnishments and liens filed against any property
of the Republic of Congo (the Congo), the judgment debtor,
held by third party ChevronTexaco Corporation (CT Corp)
and domestic ChevronTexaco subsidiaries (collectively
ChevronTexaco), and dismissing Af-... More... $0 (01-31-2007 - CA)
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Nationwide Insurance Enterprise v. Tamela Ibanez, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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This appeal arises from an order of the Benton County Circuit Court reducing a
foreign judgment filed in Benton County against appellee and garnishee, Wal-Mart, after a
default judgment was entered in favor of appellant, Nationwide Insurance Enterprise, in the
State of Washington. We affirm.
On January 7, 2005, Wal-Mart was served by Nationwide with a writ of garnishment
with respect ... More... $1086 (01-23-2007 - AR)
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FRANCISCO GONZALEZ, by and through his mother and next friend SANJUANA GONZALEZ; and REMBERTO GONZALEZ v.
COMBINED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
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1 Defendant/Appellant Combined Insurance Company of America (Insurance Company) appeals from orders binding Insurance Company to a default judgment entered against its co-defendant David Hopwood, and granting summary judgment to Plaintiffs/Appellees Sanjuana Gonzalez and Remberto Gonzalez (collectively, the Gonzalezes). Following an automobile accident, the Gonzalezes filed a negligence petitio... More... $0 (04-12-2002 - OK)
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Paul D. Mannick and Kathy P. Mannick v. Robin G. Wakeland
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{1} This appeal involves two related cases: a foreclosure case, in which Paul and Kathy Mannick (the Mannicks) foreclosed on a judgment lien against Robin Wakeland's (Wakeland) property, and a waste case, in which the Mannicks and their successor in interest, Coppler & Mannick, P.C., sought to recover damages from Wakeland for actions she took to devalue the property that was the subject... More... $0 (08-24-2004 - NM)
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COPPLER & MANNICK, P.C., PAUL D. MANNICK and KATHY P. MANNICK,
v.
ROBIN G. WAKELAND
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{1} The Court of Appeals consolidated two related actions, the first involving foreclosure on a judgment lien and the second involving voluntary waste of the foreclosed property. The district court had ruled in the waste proceeding that Defendant Robin G. Wakeland was equitably estopped from asserting her statutory homestead exemption in the foreclosure proceeding. The Court of Appeals a... More... $0 (06-05-2005 - NM)
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Food Services Corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jeremy Francis Rheam
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Food Services Corporation ("Food Services") brought an action against Jeremy Francis Rheam ("Jeremy") asking the trial court to quiet title to the property at issue, declare that Food Services owns an undivided one-half interest in the property, and allow Food Services to partition said property and receive one-half of the net proceeds of a sale of the property. The trial court granted summary ... More... $0 (10-05-2004 - MO)
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Greening Donald Co., Ltd. v. Oklahoma Wire Rope Products, Inc.
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�1 The appellant, Greening Donald Co., Ltd. is a judgment creditor of appellee, C.J. Anderson. In an attempt to collect a portion of the outstanding judgment of $28,550.00, the appellant issued a garnishment summons to Union Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City, the custodian of the appellee's Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The garnishee bank responded with a claim for exempti... More... $0 (11-08-1988 - OK)
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BANK OF TULSA v. T.H. RUSSELL, et al.
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�1 Defendants appeal from the trial court's order which granted summary judgment for Plaintiff in this action to determine a security interest in an employee profit sharing plan and trust. Having reviewed the record and applicable law, we reverse.
�2 Bank of Tulsa instituted this action against Defendants as the Trustees of the T.H. Russell Profit Sharing Pl... More... $0 (07-21-1987 - OK)
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Mark Daniel v. Angela Garrison, et al.
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By way of a petition for writ of prohibition, the
petitioner seeks his release from jail pursuant to a civil
contempt order. The court entered the order after petitioner
refused to answer questions posed to him in court in a
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garnishment proceeding to execute on a judgment.1 We treat the
petition as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and grant same.2
Whereas here the petitioner w... More... $0 (02-23-2005 - FL)
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Regina G. Brewer v. Jenet Schalansky, et al.
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This is a Medicaid eligibility case in which the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) denied the application for benefits filed by Joan Seiker Wilson for her aunt, Regina Brewer (petitioner/appellee). SRS found that Brewer had nonexempt available resources in excess of regulatory limits because she held stocks worth approximately $33,000 in joint tenancy with two nieces... More... $0 (12-29-2004 - KS)
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Moey Segal v. Leonor Midvidy Segal Leonor Midvidy v. Moey Segal, et al.
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These cases involve the enforceability of
a Nevada District Court judgment that has been domesticated
in this state by a filing that complies with the
Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, General
Statutes §§ 52-604 et seq.1 The judgment debtor has
raised three issues. He maintains that enforcement of
this judgment in this state is improper because (1) the
foreign judgment has be... More... $0 (12-27-2004 - CT)
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Greg Munson d/b/a Greg Munson Trucking v. Tri-State Commodities, Inc.
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In this appeal, two creditors, Greg Munson, d/b/a Greg Munson Trucking (Munson), and the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), that had judgments against Tri-State Commodities, Inc. (Tri-State), are competing for the same garnished funds. First, Munson successfully sued Tri-State and obtained a judgment against it. Later, Tri-State was sued by the BNSF and, in settling this l... More... $0 (10-20-2004 - KS)
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