Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Pennsylvania

A surprise, over charged, retaliatory bill

My daughters boyfriend stored my

broken down car at his home for the

past year. They broke up about six

months ago. I called to finally pick up

the car and he said ''I got rid of that

a long time ago''. When asked

where?, he said ''i don't know some

junkyard'' and hung up. I filed a civil

hearing to get either my car back or

my money back $2100.00. The day

he received his hearing notice, his

father sent me a bill for $7460.00.

This was for a $20.00 daily storage

fee and #160.00 towing charge. I

am so scared. I don't have

$7400.00 nor can I afford an

attorney to represent me. Shouldn't

he have billed me sooner? Is there

anything I can or should do with this

bill? Thank you for any help.


Asked on 11/01/08, 8:51 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Roger Traversa Arjont Group (Law Office of Roger Traversa)

Re: A surprise, over charged, retaliatory bill

You asked about a bill for storage and towing.

Unless you had a previous agreement for storage or the place where the car was stored was operating as such and they can prove you were aware that they charged for storage then should not be able to prevail on a claim or even offset your claim.

In fact, your claim may be valid where they did not provide notice or opportunity to redeem.

See if you local legal aid can help you. Otherwise go to the libary (public or law) and work with the self help legal materials from Nolo Press.

Regards,

Roger

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Answered on 11/02/08, 3:27 pm


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