CULIE v. ARNETT

No. 65077.

765 P.2d 1203 (1988)

Mary Sue CULIE and Thulia B. Culie, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jeffery Duane ARNETT and Productions Services, Inc., Defendants, and Home Insurance Company, Garnishee-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert A. Richards, Jr., Richard, Combs & Nash, Guthrie, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James M. Robinson, Robert C. Smith, Jr., Monnet, Hayes, Bullis, Thompson & Edwards, and Burton J. Johnson, Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes, Oklahoma City, for garnishee-appellee.


OPALA, Justice.

This case presents but one issue: Is the employer's public liability carrier subject to garnishment by a plaintiff who had recovered judgment against the employee alone while the insured employer — though a party defendant in the suit — stood protected from exposure to litigation process by the bankruptcy law's automatic stay? We answer in the negative.

The appellants, Mary Sue Culie...

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