A Chicago female has busted a town record by accumulating more than $105,000 in parking tickets, issued over three years to a car that cost only $600. And now she is suing the town. But before readers get offended, read on. It looks like she really has a great case.
Who really owns the vehicle?
The car, a 1978 Chevy Monte Carlo, was purchased for $600 in 1999, and is owned by 31-year-old Jennifer Fitzgerald, an unemployed single mom from Chicago. Or is it? Even the ownership of the automobile is fuzzy in this convoluted sequence of events.
Fitzgerald's ex-boyfriend Brandon Preveau bought the car from his uncle, but for whatever reason, listed it in Fitzgerald's name. Preveau used the vehicle to get to and from his job for United Airlines at O'Hare Airport. Fitzgerald's legal complaint said: "On or before November 17, 2009, Brandon drove the Automobile into the Parking Lot and never drove it out again." Fitzgerald said she did not know Preveau's cause of abandoning the automobile.
Car not in good place
The vehicle was supposed to be towed over and over but was never done. In May 2009, the car got its first ticket. The car was then cited for having expired plates, broken windows, now having a town sticker, having damaged headlights and for being abandoned over 30 days. It still was not towed regardless of everything.
For the next three years the vehicle continued to collect 678 citations, culminating in the staggering bill that exceeds the next largest Chicago parking violator by $65,000.
Hear what Fitzgerald has to say
But Fitzgerald said she had no idea that Preveau had listed the car in her name, and so the bill is rightfully his. The town is taking a hard line on the matter, however, insisting she pay the complete bill. However, the unemployed Fitzgerald is not able to get a loan for a car, much less pay more than $100,000 in citations.
Therefore, she has filed her complaint against Preveau, the City of Chicago and United Airlines, because it leased the parking lot from the town for employee parking. Fitzgerald contends that if the city had towed the vehicle after 30 days as it should have, the tickets would not have accrued.
The case will go to a judge in 2013.
Who really owns the vehicle?
The car, a 1978 Chevy Monte Carlo, was purchased for $600 in 1999, and is owned by 31-year-old Jennifer Fitzgerald, an unemployed single mom from Chicago. Or is it? Even the ownership of the automobile is fuzzy in this convoluted sequence of events.
Fitzgerald's ex-boyfriend Brandon Preveau bought the car from his uncle, but for whatever reason, listed it in Fitzgerald's name. Preveau used the vehicle to get to and from his job for United Airlines at O'Hare Airport. Fitzgerald's legal complaint said: "On or before November 17, 2009, Brandon drove the Automobile into the Parking Lot and never drove it out again." Fitzgerald said she did not know Preveau's cause of abandoning the automobile.
Car not in good place
The vehicle was supposed to be towed over and over but was never done. In May 2009, the car got its first ticket. The car was then cited for having expired plates, broken windows, now having a town sticker, having damaged headlights and for being abandoned over 30 days. It still was not towed regardless of everything.
For the next three years the vehicle continued to collect 678 citations, culminating in the staggering bill that exceeds the next largest Chicago parking violator by $65,000.
Hear what Fitzgerald has to say
But Fitzgerald said she had no idea that Preveau had listed the car in her name, and so the bill is rightfully his. The town is taking a hard line on the matter, however, insisting she pay the complete bill. However, the unemployed Fitzgerald is not able to get a loan for a car, much less pay more than $100,000 in citations.
Therefore, she has filed her complaint against Preveau, the City of Chicago and United Airlines, because it leased the parking lot from the town for employee parking. Fitzgerald contends that if the city had towed the vehicle after 30 days as it should have, the tickets would not have accrued.
The case will go to a judge in 2013.
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