Pennsylvania

The "courtesy tow" happens when a car is parked in a legal, correct spot, but the city needs to move the car for some reason. Maybe they have an emergency where they're digging up the pavement. Or maybe the police need to clear the area for some reason. These cars are moved to another street - and left there - without notifying the owner that their car was moved.

What would you think if your car isn't where you KNOW you parked it? Probably most of us would think the car was stolen, and report it as stolen. The poor, sad people of Philly sometimes have to go up and down every street to find their own car somewhere else, and maybe they'll never find it. Why? because the city isn't keeping track of where the "courtesy tow" cars ended up.

Other cities have a solution for this problem but Philadelphia refuses to learn from them. They continue to screw their own citizens, sometimes costing them a lot of money. THAT'S the reason for this class action lawsuit. It's carefully explained in the Inquirer story.