Garnishment of Labor and Industrial wage compensation

What is the name of your state? Washington State

Are there any legal moves available to me, based on inability to be employed due to on-the-job-injury (open claim with L&I facing yet another back surgery), to stop legal prpceedings against me for owed/defaulted debts.

After a judgement has been reached. Can my L&I wage compensation be garnished?

[Ladynred]

Disability benefits, SSDI, SSI and other public benefits are exempt from garnishment. You can't stop them from suing you, but they won't be able to take your income.

Ladynred thank you for your response.

This is my first time browsing this forum. I read many threads prior to registering/posting. It is obvious that you spend a good deal of time helping many people. Thank you for that.

I work for the USPS and I don't get disability, but will be going out for an up coming surgery ( 3rd one in 11 years) on my neck, at which time I will file my ca-2 (occupational illness claim), which then I will have to wait for the Dept of Labor to accept on deny my job related injury, until such time I will use my vacation leave (no sick leave left) it will be annual leave in lieu of sick leave, can they garnish my leave?

[racer72]

KC, you are one rude dogg. Start you own thread, don't be a dweeb and hijack someone's elses.

Hehehe! Maybe, I should change my username to kcrudedogg!Really I thought I could weigh in on this one without starting a new one!

[JETX]

"Are there any legal moves available to me, based on inability to be employed due to on-the-job-injury (open claim with L&I facing yet another back surgery), to stop legal prpceedings against me for owed/defaulted debts."
*** No.

"After a judgement has been reached. Can my L&I wage compensation be garnished?"
*** No. But any other non-exempt assets can be seized and/or levied.

[Zonie]

Originally posted by Ladynred
Disability benefits, SSDI, SSI and other public benefits are exempt from garnishment. You can't stop them from suing you, but they won't be able to take your income.

Very interesting. I am from Arizona and my significant other's disability check has been being garnished in the amount of $194.00 for over 2 years by a collection agency who bought his student loan note. His entire student loan was for $2,665.00 and to date $3,475.17 has been garnished by the collection agency and he had already paid $360.00 on the loan (in regular monthly payments) before he became disabled. He was a firefighter for 23 years and his manic depression finally resulted in a mental institution committment, resulting in his resorting to social security disability for a livelyhood. Does he have any relief in sight as the collection agency says that he still owes almost $2,500.00 in interest and collection costs?

Any advice will be welcomed. Thanks

[JETX]

"Any advice will be welcomed"
*** The best (and only advice on this thread) is that you NOT try to hijack someone elses thread. It is both rude and confusing (when you assume a response is to you when it is to the original thread OWNER).

Please start your own thread.....