"One of the worst is when we towed a board member's wife," recalls Andrew Schlegel, CCAM®, executive vice president of community management for Orange County and Los Angeles at FirstService Residential in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Our experts have seen thorny tow cases time after time.
The family contends the towing company was permitted to "surf," or cruise the grounds and tow cars improperly parked without on-the-spot notice to owners, reports the Sun-Sentinel.
The driver says Konwufine jumped on the truck's running board, fell off or jumped off, and was crushed by the tow truck. A tutor for his autistic son had parked in his driveway, so Konwufine parked behind the tutor, partially on to the sidewalk and into the swale area, according to the report.Ī tow truck contracted by the HOA attempted to tow Konwufine's car. 16, 2014, the married father of three and professor and associate dean at a local university stopped home. It was at the Sienna Greens gated community in Lauderhill that Elias Konwufine lost his life, according to the Sun-Sentinel. Here we explain what happened and offer lessons from this very sad case. A Florida HOA owner was recently killed while trying to prevent his car from being towed from in front of his home by the towing company the HOA had hired to regularly patrol the grounds to remove parking violators. It's an awful tragedy-and one you don't want to repeat at your association. Tags: ADR, Parking, Violations, Fines, Selective Enforcement