Cedar Rapids, IA - Badger Woman Previously Convicted of Bank Fraud Sentenced for Throwing Away Mail Sent to Her Employer

Threw Away Mail to Avoid Having Her Wages Garnished to Pay Restitution

A woman who threw away a federal g... More...    $0 (12-08-2018 - IA)

Joyce Ashcraft appeals the district court's order denying her objection to the garnishment of her disability payments. The district court ruled Ashcraft's disability payments were not "earnings" within the meaning of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (the "Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 1673(a), which limits garnishment of "earnings." We reverse and hold Ashcraft's disability payments are "earnings" within ... More...    $0 (10-09-2013 - IA)

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation and Zurich North American (the employer) appeal the district court’s ruling, which affirmed the commutation decision of the workers’ compensation commissioner. The deputy commissioner granted Johnie Eakins’s request for a partial commutation of his workers’ compensation benefits, awarding him a lump sum amount rather than weekly benefit payments.1 The deputyâ€... More...    $0 (01-24-2013 - IA)

After obtaining a monetary judgment against Josh Reel (a Florida resident) in Iowa district court, Clark County State Bank garnished Reel’s retirement account held in Iowa by Charles Schwab & Co. Reel filed a motion to quash the garnishment claiming his retirement account was exempt from garnishment under both Iowa and Florida law. The trial court denied Reel’s motion, citing the express provi... More...    $0 (10-03-2012 - IA)

This appeal presents the question of whether, during a refereeship, a senior judgment lienholder may redeem property from a junior judgment creditor who purchased the debtor‟s property at an execution sale. To answer this question we must wade into the murky waters of our state‟s statutory redemption provisions, which our supreme court long ago described as “philological monstrosities, illus... More...    $0 (12-22-2010 - IA)