Long v. Duggan-Karasik Construction Co.

This appeal arises from a garnishment proceeding. Plaintiff-appellee Richard Alan Long sued Duggan-Karasik Construction Company in tort and obtained a judgment for $175,000. Duggan-Karasik appealed but did not obtain a stay as provided in Supreme Court Rule 305. While that appeal was pending, Long served a garnishment affidavit and interrogatories on garnishee-appellant Bituminous Casualty Corporation, which answered and admitted that from a policy of insurance it had issued, there was in its possession the sum of $82,733.20 which could be applied in partial satisfaction of Long’s judgment…