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.
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. Some of the new cases will be filed as civil cases outside the bankruptcy proceeding because the incidents happened after Hertz emerged from bankruptcy.
Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr recently told analysts on the company's first quarter earnings call that its policies and procedures are "designed to diminish the possibility of innocent customers being impacted in the future" and that the affected group is "a fraction of a percentage of the millions of rentals" processed each year.
In addition, he claims the company is backdating rental due dates, deleting rental extensions, charging and collecting full payment from customers without notifying police after the incorrect theft reports are filed and converting civil payment disputes into criminal matters to avoid arbitration and get a "financial and litigation advantage."
Their track record speaks for itself... 'Nuff said!!!...