Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Renne v. Servantes
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 1, 2001No. A089493PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RICHMAN, J. *
Presiding Justice Harold G. Clarke of the Georgia Supreme Court observed that “[t]he law gives the towing company a great advantage over the owner of the towed car, and creates a great potential for unfair business practices and abuse of the public.” (Porter v. City of Atlanta (1989) 259 Ga. 526, 528 [384 S.E.2d 631, 634].) While that observation was made 11 years ago and some 3,000 miles away, Justice Clarke was talking about Patrick Servantes (Servantes), who over a period of years committed myriad unfair business practices and abused the public, towing hundreds of cars…
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