Clements v. Ratliff

This matter came to be heard on the counterclaim of the defendant, the defendant having been granted summary judgment on the plaintiff’s complaint.

The facts of the matter are as follows. On January 20,1984, the plaintiff, H. Stanley Clements, parked his Yega in a parking lot owned by the city of Wads-worth. The plaintiff did not return for the vehicle, and on January 24, the Wadsworth Police ordered the defendant, Bruce Ratliff, to tow it. The vehicle was taken to the defendant’s place of business.

The defendant is in the business of towing cars, having been self-employed as “Bruce’s Towing”…