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Lawyers are preparing to file 100 new claims over the coming weeks on behalf of Hertz customers who say they were victims of false arrest incidents.
Among the new cases is Brittany Morgan and Jeremy Benjamin, a couple who was pulled over and arrested at gunpoint in Houston, Texas after renting a Ford Mustang from Hertz at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
"We showed the police the paperwork and told them we had obviously not stolen the car. We were stunned when the police told us that the license plate on our car was from another car that was reported stolen and that it was not even the license plate listed on our rental paperwork," the couple wrote in a legal declaration. "We are infuriated that something like this could happen, and dumbfounded to learn that Hertz has previously rented "stolen" cars to customers."
(REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo / Reuters Photos)
Another new case is Michael Okoasia, a music video director from New York City who rented a 2019 Nissan Versa from Hertz at the LAX Marriott Hotel in California. Okoasia was on his way to a job when he was pulled over in Hollywood and arrested at gunpoint by 10 officers as part of a felony stop.
"Hertz had rented me the wrong car and then without any investigation reported the car I was driving stolen. I was eventually let go, and the car towed, but not before a very public arrest in...
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