Nelson v. Guardian Towing, Inc

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 Ethan NELSON, Case No.: 22-cv-0306-AGS-BLM 4 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PARTIAL 5 v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT (ECF 27) 6 GUARDIAN TOWING, INC., et al., 7 Defendants. 8 9 While deployed overseas with the military, plaintiff learned that—back home—his 10 beloved pickup truck had been towed away. After the towing company later sold the truck 11 to defray its storage costs, plaintiff sued. The defense moves for summary judgment. 12 BACKGROUND1 13 Plaintiff Ethan Nelson’s “great-grandfather” bought a “1999 Toyota Tacoma” truck 14 that has…