Legal Question in Business Law in Oklahoma

Garnishment

If lawyer for the plaintiff receives a judgement against Corporation A, files a post-judgement general garnishment summons with the Deputy Clerks office against Corp. A, then discovers that there is nothing to garnish. Then he files a corrected Post-judgement general garnishment summons against Corp. B, then seizes their bank acct.The plaintiff had a judgement against Corp. A but nothing against Corp B. What is Corp. B's recourse?


Asked on 10/28/06, 12:13 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Steve Chlouber Fuller, Chlouber & Frizzell, L.L.P.

Re: Garnishment

If Corp. B suffered damages, i.e., lost income, payroll etc. they might file a wrongful garnishment proceeding. Otherwise, you could just release the garnishment to avoid further problems.

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Answered on 10/30/06, 9:57 am


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