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Hi everyone,
I have a little unique situation. I want to know if it's possible to claim an economic loss that involves physical property. I have a trailer that was towed from a truck stop by a towing company. I called the towing company within their business hours to claim and recover my trailer (same day it was towed), but they refused to return my trailer to me. They did this intentionally and on purpose (not an accident). Consequently, I lost work/freight for that weekend. I already had arrangements booked and prepared to pickup the freight before the tow. But after they towed the trailer and wouldn't return it ( on purpose), I had to cancel arrangements. The freight was worth thousands of dollars. I spoke with some local lawyers about this, but they said the economic loss doctrine could prevent me from making a claim. I feel there has to be a way to make a claim. If people can make claims for intellectual property infringement, there has to be a way to do it for physical property. This happened in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Furthermore, there were other issues in this situation, such as lack of signs in the area where I parked the trailer. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
I have a little unique situation. I want to know if it's possible to claim an economic loss that involves physical property. I have a trailer that was towed from a truck stop by a towing company. I called the towing company within their business hours to claim and recover my trailer (same day it was towed), but they refused to return my trailer to me. They did this intentionally and on purpose (not an accident). Consequently, I lost work/freight for that weekend. I already had arrangements booked and prepared to pickup the freight before the tow. But after they towed the trailer and wouldn't return it ( on purpose), I had to cancel arrangements. The freight was worth thousands of dollars. I spoke with some local lawyers about this, but they said the economic loss doctrine could prevent me from making a claim. I feel there has to be a way to make a claim. If people can make claims for intellectual property infringement, there has to be a way to do it for physical property. This happened in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Furthermore, there were other issues in this situation, such as lack of signs in the area where I parked the trailer. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
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