Car Sold for Scrap

An interesting story here where a member of the armed forces was deployed overseas, leaving her vehicle parked in the lot at her condominium. Upon returning she finds that her vehicle is gone—sold for cash for scrap cars. Here at Cash 4 Cars Cleveland we buy junk cars for cash and handle scrap car removal. (Essentially we buy junk cars). With this in mind we look at an interesting news story. In a January 10, 2015 article ‘Florida soldier’s car towed, scrapped…’ composed by Doyle Murphy in the NY Daily News, the details are follows:

“A tow company’s junk was a deployed soldier’s treasure — and now she’s suing. U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Alexzandria Kelly returned in August to her Florida home after a tour in Somalia to discover her prized 1972 Gremlin had been hauled away and sold for scrap. Kelly’s late father left her the classic hatchback in his will, and she’d kept the car running & had registered it with the state and her homeowners association in Margate, about 10 miles NW of Fort Lauderdale. She figured it would be safe in a guest spot at the complex while she was serving her country overseas, but association hardliners spotted a slowly deflating tire and called West Way Towing to whisk it away. By the time Kelly returned, the tow shop had auctioned her irreplaceable ride for $525. The chagrined owner of West Way (Craig Goldstein) claimed they would never have done it had they known the Gremlin belonged to a service member. He reportedly offered to refund the $525 to Kelly.

It’s too late now, according to Kelly. She’s filed a federal lawsuit alleging West Way violated a federal law that would have required the company to get a court order to seize and sell the car of a deployed soldier. The nurse and 26-year veteran reservist has hired a lawyer and plans to take the case to trial.” The complete article is available at this link: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/florida-soldier-car-towed-sold-somalia-deployment-article-1.2073078

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