Economy Fire & Casualty Co. v. Swaney

| t CARAWAY, J.

In this wage garnishment proceeding, a judgment pro confesso was entered against the employer ordering payment of the entirety of the underlying judgment. The employer was late in answering the garnishment interrogatories. Nevertheless, the employer appeared at the trial of the matter and produced payroll checks and data for 32 weeks of wage payments subsequent to the date of service of the interrogatories. After the seizing creditor contested the accuracy of the employer’s wage data, the trial court ruled that the employer concealed the total wages and employment hours and…