car towed from my own driveway w/o permission

[C Grady]

Sorry this is long...only way to tell it...
Our legally parked truck was towed from our driveway without prior notice or receiving permission from us. We live in a mobile home park, and we own the home but rent the space it sits on. A new house was going in next door. They needed to be able to go across our driveway to angle the home properly into its space. They knocked on the door to ask us to move the truck, but no one was home, so the manager of the mobile home park called a towing company and had them tow the truck from our driveway to a visitor's space in front of the park office. A note was left on our front door. The truck was running fine before it was towed, but when my husband went to retrieve the truck, the truck would not run. The towing company says they're not responsible because they didn't do anything but lift the wheels and tow it and couldn't possibly have affected the running ability of the truck. The park management says they're not responsible because they're not the ones who actually touched the truck. Any advice?

 

[lawrat]

I am a law school graduate. What I offer is mere information, not to be construed as forming an attorney client relationship.

Yup, they are both responsible because they DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER. This is what is called conversion -- you are entitled to the fair market value of the truck at the time it was towed. Neither one of those people had any right to move it.

What they should have done was get your permission prior to the people moving in (i.e. is there a way you can park it elsewhere on a certain date because we may need more room to angle the neighbor's home).

So....may I suggest you at least speak with a lawyer. Many offer free consultations.

Try attorneypages.com

 

[ben]

Don't believe anything the towing co. says.
Modern cars with fuel injection (especially fords) Have a fuel cut-off switch any if they shook the truck while moving it then ti won't start.If that is the case find the switch and reset it. Then get a lawyer.
I'm a car mechanic and this is only my opinion. Ben

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face=" Arial, Verdana, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ben:
Don't believe anything the towing co. says.
Modern cars with fuel injection (especially fords) Have a fuel cut-off switch any if they shook the truck while moving it then ti won't start.If that is the case find the switch and reset it. Then get a lawyer.
I'm a car mechanic and this is only my opinion. Ben<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My response:

BEN!!!

How are you? Hows the computer situation?

My goodness, it's been a long time since I've heard from you. It's nice to see you again.

IAAL



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[ben]

IAAL!Hi;
Sorry if we are stealing this persons thread.
I'm over here: http://bbs.freeadvice.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001902.html

BTW nice computer