Kaiserman Associates, Inc. v. Francis Town

HOWE, Chief Justice:

Anthony R. Martineau, an attorney, appeals from the trial court’s order imposing sanctions on him pursuant to rule 11 of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure.1 The court *463held that Mr. Martineau, in obtaining a writ of garnishment against a bank in which defendant Francis Town had an account, had violated Utah Code Ann. § 63-30-22(2), which provides that “garnishment may not issue against a governmental entity.”

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Kaiserman Associates, Inc., commenced this action against the Town to collect $2,496 it owed to Kaiserman for professional engineering services. The…