Marian Health Center v. Cooks

SCHLEGEL, Presiding Justice.

Appellant, Willie Cooks, seeks discretionary review of the district court’s affirmance of a magistrate court ruling that the wages he earned as a shoe shiner in a Sioux City bank were not protected from garnishment. We reverse.

Cooks’ sole question on review is whether the state and federal garnishment exemption statutes discriminate between an independent contractor and an employee for purposes of determining whether the wages he earned from the bank were exempt from garnishment under Iowa Code section 642.21(1) (1987) and 15 U.S.C. sections 1671 through 1677.…