MARIAN HEALTH CENTER v. COOKS

No. 89-399.

451 N.W.2d 846 (1989)

MARIAN HEALTH CENTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie F. COOKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

December 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Cal Tenuta of Legal Services Corp. of Iowa, Northwest Regional Office, Sioux City, for defendant-appellant.

Patrick C. McCormick, Sioux City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Heard by SCHLEGEL, P.J., and HAYDEN and SACKETT, JJ.


SCHLEGEL, Presiding Justice.

Appellant, Willie Cooks, seeks discretionary review of the district court's affirmance of a magistrate court ruling that the wages he earned as a shoe shiner in a Sioux City bank were not protected from garnishment. We reverse.

Cooks' sole question on review is whether the state and federal garnishment exemption statutes discriminate between an independent contractor and an employee for purposes of determining whether the wages...

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