Wisconsin Garnishment Law
Susie Weitzenkamp v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
LEFKOW, District Judge. After being diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic pain, anxiety, and depression, Susie Weitzenkamp was awarded long-term disability benefits under an employee benefit plan ("the planâ€) issued and administered by Unum Life Insurance Company ("Unumâ€). Benefits were discontinued a little more than twenty-four months later, when Unum determined that Weitzenkamp had r... More...
$0 (09-20-2011 - WI)Susie Weitzenkamp v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
After being diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic pain, anxiety, and depression, Susie Weitzenkamp was awarded long-term disability benefits under an employee benefit plan ("the planâ€) issued and administered by Unum Life Insurance Company ("Unumâ€). Benefits were discontinued a little more than twenty-four months later, when Unum determined that Weitzenkamp had received all to which she... More...
$0 (07-11-2011 - WI)Hometown Bank, et al. v. Acuity Insurance
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) (200... More...
$500 (02-27-2008 - WI)PJL Properties, LLC v. Lawrence P. Recla and June M. Recla
<P>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)<a href="http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/0210/c7012200.htm" target="_new">Angela Marie Nordstrom, et al. v. Connie J. Eaton d/b/a Lakeside Music Cafe</a>
When a creditor serves a garnishment summons on an insurer to collect insurance proceeds, the insurer serves a disclosure under Minn. Stat. § 571.79(a) (2000) denying that it is indebted to the debtor or possesses any money or other property belonging to the debtor, and the creditor fails to serve a motion within 20 days after the date of service of the disclosure for leave to serve a supplementa... More...
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