Utah Tow Companies Awarded $1.28 Million

[American Towman]

Lisa Butcher, owner of Mountain West Towing, one of several tow companies,

speak about the difficulty she's had over the last 5 years after her company

was booted from the city rotation list.

 

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Tow companies in West Jordan, Utah got some relief after a jury decided to award them $1.28 million because their due process rights were violated when they were booted off a rotation list and left unable to use their tow lot. 

 

Lisa Butcher, owner of Mountain West Towing for over ten years, said she purchased the property with the intention to use it for her company, but for the past five years, she’s been unable to work out of it. 

 

Other tow companies worked off the property as well. She said everything was fine for four years until 2017, when she said the city told her she was in violation of a city ordinance. 

 

“I’ve never been out of compliance. I’ve followed all the rules that they wanted. I’ve never had any complaints,” she said. 

 

Suddenly she found her company removed from the city’s rotation, without any notification.  

 

“We had no idea we’d be taken off the tow rotation. We just stopped getting calls,” she said. 

 

On Tuesday, 8/22, the jury decided that the companies due process rights were infringed upon.  

 

“They decided the city didn’t give them adequate notice or opportunity to be heard before taking their property,” said associate attorney Katie Panzer. 

 

“I was overwhelmed. I was so happy that finally somebody has listened and actually heard my story,” said Butcher. 

 

Source: fox13now.com