ARNOLD, MATHENY, P.A. v. FIRST AM. HOLDINGS

No. SC07-1136.

982 So.2d 628 (2008)

ARNOLD, MATHENY AND EAGAN, P.A., Petitioner, v. FIRST AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC., etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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.

Geoffrey Todd Hodges of G.T. Hodges, P.A., Lutz, FL, for Respondent.


PARIENTE, J.

The issue before us involves the interpretation of Florida's garnishment statute and the obligations it imposes on third parties, including attorneys, who are served with writs of garnishment. In its decision in First American Holdings, Inc. v. Preclude, Inc., 955 So.2d 1231 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007), the Second District Court of Appeal ruled upon the following question, which the court certified to be of great public...

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