Trucking companies file $5 million lawsuit against A1’s Towing & Hauling
Trucking companies file $5 million lawsuit against A1’s Towing & Hauling
by: Melissa Moon
Posted: Mar 8, 2024 / 08:04 PM CST
Updated: Mar 9, 2024 / 01:21 AM CST
MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Three trucking companies that say their 18-wheelers were illegally booted and towed by A1’s Towing and Hauling have filed a $5 million racketeering lawsuit against the company.
The 56-page civil suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee by Western Express, Inc., MHT Group, Inc., and Church Transporation and Logistics, accuses A1’s Towing and S-Line parking of preying on commercial truck drivers in violation of the federal anti-racketeering act, RICO.
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The owner of A1’s Towing & Hauling, Colton Ahmad Cathey, A1’s Towing & Hauling, CAC Operations LLC, A1’s Xclusive, LLC, A1’s Car Hauling, LLC, A1’s House, A1’s Aplex Memphis, Acord Security, S- Line, LLC, S-Line Truck Parking and 1-10 John Does are listed as plaintiffs in the case.Driver stays in truck 33 hours to avoid being towed by A1’s
The lawsuit alleges that Cathey also owns or manages S-Line Parking and has been operating his towing business with several assumed names.
Attorneys for the trucking companies say Cathey and S-line illegally harassed, intimidated, assaulted, hijacked, or held hostage the plaintiff’s trucks until they paid exorbitant and unlawful fees to get them released.
The defendants are also accused of fraud, wire fraud, interfering and violating Tennessee towing statutes and the Tennessee Booting Consumer Protecting Act, and interfering with commerce by threat or violence.
“This whole thing is impeding interstate commerce in and around Memphis, and they stretch into northern Mississippi and stretching over into western Arkansas, and it has gotten hundreds of companies aware of what is going on,” said Fenn Church.Play Video
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Fenn Church, the owner of Church Transportation, is one of the plaintiffs suing A1’s Towing & Hauling.Driver locks herself in truck to keep it from A1’s Towing
In October, his Birmingham, Alabama, trucking company was forced to pay over $17,500 after two of his big rigs were booted and towed by A1’s from truck stops in Memphis.
