Bank settles case with Harrisburg over unreasonable seizure claims in towing debacle

A tangled court battle that stranded a 2019 Dodge Ram between Harrisburg’s former tow contractor and a bank has ended in a settlement.

SP Plus, a company which manages parking in Harrisburg, agreed to pay $12,500 to Santander Bank to settle remaining claims in the convoluted lawsuit. In it, Santander Bank challenged Harrisburg’s practices of towing vehicles and collecting payments from their owners .

In this case, the bank had placed a lien on the vehicle because the person leasing it defaulted on their payments, the bank said in its original lawsuit.

Meanwhile, Don’s Towing towed and stored the truck on behalf of the city for around two months because the owner racked up more than 90 parking violations. The tow company did not properly inform the truck’s owner, Santander Bank, in the