Silva v. Todisco Services, Inc.

Salinger, Kenneth W., J.

Todisco Towing towed Christopher Silva’s motor vehicle without Silva’s consent from a private parking lot in Salem, Massachusetts, to East Boston. The Todisco invoice says this was a “trespass” tow, which presumably means that the vehicle was towed at the request of the properly owner or manager because it was parked there illegally in violation of a posted notice. Cf. G.L.c. 266, §120D. Silva says Todisco charged him $169.00, including a $90.00 towing charge; a $42.00 mileage charge; a $35.00 storage charge; and a $2.00 fuel surcharge.

Silva alleges that the mileage…