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Parties Involved:
Eagle Mechanical Insulation LLC
Defendant
Trustees of the National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund
Plaintiff
Wells Fargo Bank
Garnishee

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

TRUSTEES OF THE NATIONAL ASBESTOS 

WORKERS MEDICAL FUND, 

Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor, 

 v. 

EAGLE MECHANICAL INSULATION LLC, 

Defendant/Judgment Debtor. 

WELLS FARGO BANK, 

Garnishee. 

No. MC12-0096-PHX-DGC 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT AGAINST 

GARNISHEE (NON-EARNINGS)

 Before the Court is the Application for Judgment on Garnishment of Non-Earnings filed 

by Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor Trustees of the National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund 

(“Plaintiff”) (Doc. 6), United States Magistrate Steven P. Logan’s Report and Recommendation 

(“R & R”) (Doc. 8), and Plaintiff’s second Application for Judgment on Garnishment of NonEarnings (Doc. 15). The R & R recommends that the Court deny Plaintiff’s original Application 

(Doc. 6) because the record, at the time, did not establish that Defendant/Judgment Debtor Eagle 

Mechanical Insulation LLC (“Defendant”) had received “a copy of the summons and writ of 

garnishment, a copy of the underlying judgment and the notice to judgment debtor and request 

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for hearing form,” as required by Arizona’s garnishment statute. See A.R.S. § 12-1574(D). 

Judge Logan found that “the Writ of Garnishment and Summons (Doc. 3) d[id] not instruct 

Garnishee to serve Defendant with those documents,” and “[i]n its Answer (Doc. 5), 

Garnishee . . . does not assert that those documents were mailed to Defendant . . . [and] states 

only that a copy of the Answer has been delivered to Plaintiff and Defendant (Doc. 5 at 2).” 

Doc. 8 at 3. Plaintiff’s response to the R & R requested that the Court delay ruling on the 

original Application until the Garnishee answers a newly issued Writ of Garnishment. Doc. 12. 

 The Court issued a second Writ of Garnishment to Garnishee that specifically instructed 

Garnishee to serve the statutorily required papers on Defendant. Doc. 11. Garnishee’s Answer 

certifies that “a copy of the summons and writ of garnishment, a copy of the underlying 

judgment and the notice to judgment debtor and request for hearing form was delivered to the 

judgment debtor on 12/7/12 [], via mail.” Doc. 14 at 2. The Answer also shows the following: 

1. Garnishee owes Judgment Debtor $4,616.37. 

2. Garnishee claims an answering fee of $100.00. 

 Plaintiff’s Second Application for Judgment on Garnishment of Non-Earnings requests 

that the Court enter judgment on its behalf because the record now establishes that the 

deficiencies found in Judge Logan’s R & R have been cured. Doc. 15. The record does so 

demonstrate. 

 THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff has judgment against Garnishee in the 

amount of $4,516.37. 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Garnishee has judgment against Defendant in the 

amount of $100.00 for reasonable compensation for answering the Writ, to be paid from the 

garnished funds pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-1591(b). 

IT IS ORDERED: 

1. Magistrate Judge Steven P. Logan’s R & R (Doc. 8) is accepted, and Plaintiff’s 

original Application for Judgment on Garnishment of Non-Earnings (Doc. 6) is 

denied. 

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2. Plaintiff’s second Application for Judgment on Garnishment of Non- Earnings 

(Doc. 15) is granted. 

3. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment for Plaintiff against Garnishee in the 

amount of $4,516.37 and judgment for Garnishee against Defendant in the amount 

of $100.00. The Clerk shall then terminate this action. 

Dated this 28th day of January, 2013. 

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