Michigan Garnishment Law

Adrian Fowler v. Jocelyn Benson

<center><br> <img width="300" Src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/Slideshow/3.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> This is a case about the constitutionality of Michigan’s driver’s-license suspension scheme, as applied to indigent drivers. Plaintiffs claim that the Michigan Secretary of State’s suspension of an indigent person’s driver’s license, on the basis of unpaid court debt, violates... More...

$0 (05-08-2019 - MI)
Patti Jo Cahoo v. Julie A. McCurtry

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/Slideshow/9.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Julie McMurtry, Steven Geskey, Shemin Blundell, Dorris Mitchell, Debra Singleton, and Sharon Moffet-Massey (together the “Individual Agency Defendants”) appeal the district court’s decision denying their Motion to Dismiss (“Motion”) based on qualified immunity, in this 42 U.S.... More...

$0 (01-04-2019 - MI)
United States of America v. Masharn Franklin

Detroit, MI - Former City Of Detroit Employee Sentenced To Prison For Embezzling $265,000 From The City<br> <br> A former City of Detroit employee, Masharn Franklin, 53, of Detroit, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by 3 years supervised release, and ordered to pay $265,573 in restitution to the city of Detroit based on her conviction for embezzlement, United States Attorney Matthew S... More...

$0 (09-06-2018 - MI)
Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Mary Lou Fox

Defendant appeals by right the judgment awarding plaintiff $27,530 for overpayment of no-fault work loss benefits. We vacate the judgment and remand for an evidentiary hearing and further proceedings consistent with this opinion.<br><br>Defendant was injured on February 11, 2005. She received no-fault work loss benefits from plaintiff and disability insurance benefits from another insurer. Plainti... More...

$0 (12-27-2011 - MI)
Charon Hare v. Starr Commonwealth Corporation ans Selma Melvin

Plaintiff Charon Hare (plaintiff) appeals by right the circuit court's order denying her motion for summary disposition and granting summary disposition in favor of garnishee Frontier Insurance Company (Frontier) on the ground that a New York antisuit injunction was entitled to full faith and credit. We affirm, albeit for a different reason than that relied on by the circuit court.<br><br>I<br><br... More...

$0 (01-04-2011 - MI)
Acme Contracting, Inc. v. Toltest, Inc.

The consolidated appeals in this diversity action involve (1) a contract dispute between plaintiff-appellee Acme Contracting, Ltd. ("Acme”), a contractor, and defendants-appellants TolTest, Inc., also a contractor, and Berkley Regional Insurance Company, TolTest, Inc.'s surety (collectively "TolTest”), and (2) a challenge to the issuance of a writ of garnishment by the district court f... More...

$0 (03-24-2010 - MI)
Digital Filing Systems, LLC v. Aditya International and Akhilesh Agarwal

This case is before this Court for the third time. In the first appeal, Case No. 05-1796, we upheld the district court's entry of a Default Judgment against Defendants-Appellants on Plaintiff-Appellee's Complaint for copyright infringement. In the second appeal, Case No. 05-2101, we upheld in part the district court's award of statutory damages, injunctive relief, and attorneys' fees, and reversed... More...

$0 (04-06-2009 - MI)
Ajay Shah, et al. v. City of Farmington Hills, et al.

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)
<a href="http://pacer.ca6.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=02a0087p.06" target="_new">Condaire, Inc. v. Allied Piping, Inc.</a>

This case requires us to consider how registration in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, under 28 U.S.C. § 1963, affects the enforcement of a valid judgment obtained in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. We conclude that the plain language of the statute, in combination with Fed. R. Civ. P. 69(a), requires the application of ... More...

$0 (03-12-2002 - MI)
<a href="http://pacer.ca6.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=02a0003p.06" target="_new">United States Leather, Inc. v. Mitchell Manufacturing Group, Inc.</a>

Defendants, Mitchell Manufacturing Group, Inc., now known as Mitchell Automotive, Inc. (Mitchell Automotive), and its parent corporation, Mitchell Corporation of Owosso (Mitchell Corp.), appeal from the district court's order granting plaintiff's motion for determination of interest in real property and denying Mitchell Corp.'s motion to set aside the garnishment of lease payments on that property... More...

$0 (01-04-2002 - MI)
<a href="http://courtofappeals.mijud.net/documents/opinions/final/coa/20010608_c221171(55)_120o.221171.coa.pdf" target="_new">William F. McKusick, et al. v. Travelers Indemnity Company</a>

Plaintiffs appeal as of right, and defendant Travelers Indemnity Company cross appeals, from an order granting Travelers summary disposition, pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10), in this garnishment action.<P>* * *<P>Plaintiffs William F. McKusick and Faye L. Tietz were employed by Polaris Industries in Osceola, Wisconsin.1 In the course of their employment, a high-pressure hose delivery system used ... More...

$0 (08-23-2001 - MI)
John R. Nabozny v. Kevin Michael Burkhardt

Garnishment Proceeding - On April 8, 1994, plaintiff and defendant Kevin Michael Burkhardt were involved in as street fight at Brown's Pit in St. Clair County. In response to a remark made by plaintiff, to which Burkhardt took offense, Burkhardt approached plaintiff and initiated a fight. Despite plaintiff's refusal to fight Burkhardt pushed plaintiff a few times, threw him to the ground, an... More...

$0 (12-22-1998 - MI)