Well, here's the latest. We filed an amended complaint to include my neighbor's husband, the property owner and the tow company. During depos, the property owner of where I parked, got extremely arrogant and went on and on about how these people had complete control over his property, could take his food, his car, his whatever. So that's why we included him as a co-defendant. The husband stated in his depo that the reason my car had to go was because it blocked ingress and egress of the garage - of a home that had no occupants. He 'claimed' that it was his job to start the car every week to prevent the battery from dying. On that note, I took half a day off to do some errands a few weeks ago. At one point when I returned home at around 11am, I saw a local tow truck (flatbed) in front of the house that I parked at. Earlier I'd seen the husband running back and forth from his garage to the neighbors, I didn't know why. Because the NSX is so low, he didn't see me drive past the flatbed and into my driveway. The bougainvillea also shielded me from his view and being that I shouldn't have been home, it would have been a complete surprise to see me! Anyway, I used my telephoto lens and started taking pictures of the tow truck and the neighbor standing next to him. I so wanted to walk down there and say - so you DO know a local tow company. Anyway, what the tow truck was doing there? Jumping the battery on the guy's jeep - the very vehicle he claimed that it was his job to keep starting to prevent the battery from dying and that's why my car was towed because it was in the way of removing it to drive it. Well he doesn't do his job very well. Another thing that is very funny. He said that they called 911 (really?) to say that the car was parked illegally and they claim they were 'advised' by the sheriff's office to tow the vehicle. SO I did a public information request from the communications office of the sheriff's office asking for any and all calls made from their residence, their phone numbers or anything about the towing of a vehicle on that particular date. My point was to prove that they did NOT call 911 and ask for advice. Well, I received 2 calls back. One from the tow driver to dispatch notifying them of the tow (as required). At the end of the conversation with the dispatcher, the tow driver said - yeah, apparently they always park in their driveway and they're just tired of it. I don't think so. I've never parked there, ever! The 2nd call was a 911 call. The husband called and said that his neighbor (my husband) was pounding on his door and he wouldn't let him in. He was pounding on his door-he wanted an explanation. The dispatcher asked why. He said I have NO idea, but he's pissed. The dispatcher (and you could just hear in her voice, disgust) asked, okay, your neighbor didn't just get up and walk to your house and start pounding on your door for no reason, what did you do? He said, well, it's nothing personal against him, but we had his car towed earlier. I could almost hear the dispatcher laughing, but she said, well don't answer the door and I'm sending a deputy. He said, well he's gone now, but his name is.... and he lives at.... In her depo, she brought up an email where she sent to the homeowner asking (after the fact) for some written documentation stating that they had his permission to do whatever when it involved his property. She even wrote it out for him, but the first line said, we have some nasty neighbors! Excuse me, but I have never spoken to you in my entire life, oh and YOU towed MY car! So who is nasty? Well, even though this is very, very funny, the best part - the partner of the law firm called my attorney and asked, just what does your client want? Then he told him that since he represents "her", they refused service for the husband so now he'll have to be served independently (and publically I hope) and will have to employ his OWN attorney. Oh and the cost so far to the wife in legal fees? Greater than $7000!!!! How funny is that?
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Just in case they 'claim' they didn't know it was MY car, besides the fact that it's so exotic, that well, they knew. Here's a photo of my tag, no one could possibly argue they didn't know whose it was!