Hertz to pay $168 million for falsely accusing drivers of stealing cars
“As I have said since joining Hertz earlier this year, my intention is to lead a company that puts the customer first. In resolving these claims, we are holding ourselves to that objective,” Scherr said in a statement.
that a man in Colorado spent 24 hours in jail after he was arrested for stealing a Hertz vehicle in Georgia even though he said he had never been to Georgia and had never rented from Hertz.stolen carsHertz fired back at the time, insisting that “of the more than 25 million rental transactions by Hertz in the United States per year, 0.014% fall into the rare situation where vehicles are reported to the authorities after exhaustive attempts to reach the customer.
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