Peterson v. Wilson Township

OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

Casey Catherine Peterson, the appellant and judgment creditor, brought this garnishment action to force Mutual Service Casualty Insurance Company, the respondent and garnishee, to indemnify its insured, Wilson Township, the respondent and judgment debtor. The court of appeals held that subsequent garnishment actions against a garnishee are impermissible after the garnishee has been discharged under Minn.Stat. § 571.79(b) (1998). We reverse.

On June 23, 1996, Lance Henderson was sold and served a number of alcoholic beverages while attending Wilson Daze, an annual…