A lawsuit filed against a group of judges by four wrecker companies alleges their lots are overflowing with abandoned cars because of a court’s failure to follow state law.
Robi Hilliard is a manager at Futo’s Inc., an Atlanta wrecker company.
Hilliard tells Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Mark Winne that an issue with Fulton County Magistrate Court is threatening to wreck their business if the issue isn’t fixed.
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“We can’t tow when we don’t have any more room to tow, and we have to have room for the police when they call us to tow,” Hilliard said.
Hilliard said most of the cars on the Futo’s lot aren’t part of this issue, but dozens of abandoned vehicles are.
Attorney Will Story said he’s filed a petition for a writ of mandamus against Fulton County’s Chief Magistrate Judge Cassandra Kirk and other magistrate judges he intends to identify as the case proceeds.
“Georgia law calls a writ of mandamus an extraordinary remedy,” Story said.