A panel of Georgia Court of Appeals Judges Sara Doyle, Elizabeth Gobeil and Andrew Fuller was tasked with clarifying the state's 2016 garnishment statute, at oral arguments on Thursday. Each party contends the other made a big mistake in the filing process—the question is whose error sticks.

Now, defendant-appellant Ameriprise Holdings, represented by Stacey Mohr of Eversheds Sutherland, argues that a Gwinnett County trial court improperly found her client liable for a $3.5 million wrongful-death judgment in 2019 because the plaintiffs improperly garnished the wrong company with the wrong form.

A headshot of Stacey Mohr. Stacey McGavin Mohr, Eversheds Sutherland, Atlanta. (Courtesy photo)