Latest Towing Headlines
All the headlines from our Towing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Charges Issued Against Pennsylvania’s Hooked Inc. for Illegal Towing Practices
Apr 11 2019 // Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has announced charges against Hooked Inc. and owner Joseph Moreno for corrupt organization, deceptive or fraudulent business practices, four counts of insurance fraud, four...
Another Lawsuit Filed over Detroit’s Towing Practices
Dec 31 2018 // Two Detroit residents and a car leasing company have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the city and a towing company worked with police to impound vehicles without informing owners. The suit alleges that Bobby’s...
New Orleans Towing Company Ordered to Pay in Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
Oct 23 2018 // A U.S. District Court has entered judgment against a New Orleans-based towing company for failing to respond to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for breaching an EEOC mediation...
Oklahoma Commissioner Plans Regulatory Action After Towing Claim Bill Fails
May 7 2018 // A bill aimed at prevented insurance companies from cancelling, non-renewing or increasing consumers’ insurance premiums for filing a towing or roadside assistance claim failed to advance in Oklahoma’s...
Feds Say New Orleans Towing Firm Breached Discrimination Settlement Agreement
Apr 18 2018 // Federal officials say TRU Towing Auto, a New Orleans-based towing business, has breached a settlement it agreed to after being charged with workplace pregnancy discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
States Experiment with How to Address Towing and Storing Abuses
Mar 31 2018 // As stories about nonconsensual or “predatory” practices proliferate, a number of states have begun to consider legislation to mitigate some of the abuses of the towing and vehicle-storage industry. However, we...
Survey: Houston, Dallas Worst Cities for Towing Hassles
Mar 19 2018 // Houston and Dallas rank number one and two on the list of U.S. cities with the most hostile towing markets for consumers, and Texas is the state most in need of pro-consumer towing reforms, according to a national towing...
Texas Towing Company Owner Convicted of Insurance Fraud
Mar 9 2018 // The former owner of towing company was convicted of fraud in Houston after buying insurance coverage after a wreck and then filing a claim with the wrong date, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Mohamad Awad, the...
National Interstate Forms Captive for Towing & Recovery Industry
Jan 18 2018 // National Interstate Insurance Company, a specialty property and casualty transportation insurer, has launched TowCap Premier, a group rental captive designed exclusively for the towing and recovery industry. National...
Tackling Houston’s Flood-Damaged Cars Takes an Army of Tow Trucks
Sep 8 2017 // How do you remove hundreds of thousands of damaged cars from a massive city still mired in water and muck? Tow-truck driver Alex Toll will tell you: one vehicle at a time. Toll is part of an army of more than 1,000 tow...
Tow Truck Market Gets Hit Hard as Carriers Exit Market
Feb 6 2017 // Tow truck drivers operate in a dangerous world. Every day they face angry drivers while repossessing vehicles, dangerous driving and road conditions, near misses while operating heavy equipment, and close calls on U.S....
Ohio Bill Targets Abusive Practices of Tow Truck Operators
Jun 24 2016 // An Ohio insurer trade groups says a bill introduced into the General Assembly would help rein in the predatory practices of some towing business operators in the state. The primary focus of House Bill 341, introduced by...
Traffic Deaths Down in Hawaii Since 2012 DUI Towing Law Enacted
Jun 9 2016 // Hawaii Island has seen a decrease in traffic fatalities since the implementation of a county ordinance that permits the towing of vehicles driven by those driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The Hawaii...
Investigators: Fraud Schemes Rampant Among Houston Tow Truck Drivers
May 25 2016 // Houston is a bad place to have to have your vehicle towed, according to law enforcement officials and insurance investigators. There have multiple reports of vehicles being towed and towing services charging victims...
Texas Supreme Court: Loss-of-Use Damages Allowed in Total Loss Cases
Feb 8 2016 // Are loss-of-use damages, such as lost profits, allowed in Texas when an insured has recovered fair market value on a commercial vehicle that is deemed a total loss after an accident? The Texas Supreme Court thinks so,...
Florida Officer Convicted of Taking Bribes in Illegal Towing Scheme
Jan 28 2016 // A former Miami-Dade County police officer has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in an illegal towing scheme. News outlets report Yuri Millan admitted he took kickbacks from tow-truck operators Oriel Ugardes and Jose Guim...
Texas Supreme Court: Loss-of-Use Damages Allowed in Total Loss Cases
Jan 21 2016 // Are loss-of-use damages, such as lost profits, allowed in Texas when an insured has recovered fair market value on a commercial vehicle that is deemed a total loss after an accident? The Texas Supreme Court thinks so,...
Declarations
Jan 12 2015 // Bandit Towing “Towing charges, which should amount to a few hundred dollars, often skyrocket to a few thousand dollars once the bandit tow truck operator hauls the vehicle away from the accident...
Los Angeles Police and NICB Warn of Bandit Tow Truck Scams
Dec 17 2014 // The Los Angeles Police Department and the National Insurance Crime Bureau are warning motorists of a growing problem with unauthorized tow truck operators in the L.A. area. These “bandit” tow truck operators...
Liberty Mutual Launches Towing Program Through Trinity Transportation Services
Jul 23 2014 // Liberty Mutual Insurance, through its program administrator Trinity Transportation Services, LLC, is now offering coverage for towing companies. The Liberty Mutual Trinity Towing Program offers commercial auto, general...
