A Mecklenburg County court entered judgment against David Jewel Satterfield and A1 Towing Solutions in what Attorney General Jeff Jackson described as North Carolina's first-ever discriminatory towing case, according to the NC DOJ. According to the court's findings, the company towed vehicles belonging to African Americans at disproportionately high rates in Charlotte neighborhoods and charged up to $4,000 per vehicle during the pandemic.
Operator takeaway
This judgment creates a litigation template — attorneys general in other states now have a proven legal theory for pursuing discriminatory towing practices.