Towing Company Sues Student For $750,000 For Creating A Facebook Group

Justin Kurtz, a student from Western Michigan University started a group about his problem with the T & J Towing Company, and is now being sued for $750,000 for defamation. The court order demands he “immediately cease nd desist any further libelous and slanderous written claims” about the company. The company has lost many business accounts due to the Facebook group, according to company President Joseph Bird.

According to Kalamazoo News, the WMU aviation student started the group after his Saturn SL2 was towed from a parking spot near campus.