Supreme Court of Florida

In a case involving the interpretation of Florida's garnishment statute and the obligations it imposes on third parties, including attorneys, who are served with writs of garnishment, the Supreme Court of Florida finds that Florida law imposes on both bank and non-bank garnishees the duty to retain funds held by the garnishee, even after a check on those funds has been drawn by the garnishee and delivered to the payee.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/01/2008
• Published 05/01/2008

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Calhoun Bales and John L. Mulvihill of John Bales Attorneys, St. Petersburg, FL, and Barbara A. Eagan of Broussard, Cullen, DeGailler, and Eagan, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Geoffrey Todd Hodges of G.T. Hodges, P.A., Lutz, FL, for Respondent.