Legal Opinion
Sheila Hensley v. Ronald Gassman
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 11, 2012No. 11-1071, 11-1129PublishedCited by 230 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
QUIST, District Judge.
This case presents the classic scenario of a repo-man attempting to snatch a creditor’s collateral — here a vehicle — under cover of darkness in the middle of the night from a defaulting debtor. Although the repo-man, Ronald Gassman, attained his objective, things did not go quite as smoothly as he had hoped: the possessor of the vehicle verbally and physically opposed the repossession; Gassman had to pull the vehicle with the possessor inside from the driveway into the road; and Deputies Brian Gilbert and Kevin Scott, whom Gassman enlisted to stand by in case of…
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