Hughes v. Prudential Lines, Inc.

BECK, Judge.

In this personal injury action we decide whether plaintiffs-appellants, Clarence L. Hughes and Doris A. Hughes, can maintain a garnishment action against appellee American-Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Association, Inc. (“American Club”), in order to collect a judgment against Prudential Lines, Inc. (“PLI”), on the basis of an indemnity insurance policy. The parties to the indemnity policy were PLI and American Club. The terms of the policy provided that only upon payment by PLI to an injured claimant would American Club become obligated to indemnify its insured,…