Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Dade County v. United Guaranty Residential Insurance Co. of North Carolina
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 7, 1994No. 94-379PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COPE, Judge.
Metropolitan Dade County appeals a non-final order denying its motion to quash a continuing writ of garnishment. We reverse.
Appellee United Guaranty Residential Insurance Company served a continuing writ of garnishment on Metropolitan Dade County. United sought to garnish the wages of Toris West, a Dade County employee. United had .obtained judgment against the employee in 1986 for breach of a 1983 loan agreement. The County moved to quash, asserting sovereign immunity. The trial court denied the motion and this appeal follows.
“Absent a clear and unequivocal legislative enactment…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Wesley Construction Company v. Biscayne Construction, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
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