Source: WFXT - Plumber sues Ford dealer after company truck ends up in Syria - Story
TEXAS CITY, Tx. —
Approximately two years ago, Mark Oberholtzer, owner of Mark-1 Plumbing in Texas City, Texas, decided to upgrade his company's F-250.
After he traded in the vehicle to AutoNation Ford Gulf Freeway in Houston, the vehicle was shipped away. Oberholtzer didn't think any more about it until a tweet from December 2014 showed his truck being used by a reported Syrian extremist.
The photo shows that the truck wasn't carrying plumbing supplies, but instead a man in black, firing an antiaircraft gun.
Regardless of its new use, the truck still has the logo and phone number of Mark-1 Plumbing. Now that the image has gone viral, Oberholtzer has filed a lawsuit against the Ford dealer. The complaint argues AutoNation misrepresented its intentions to remove the decal, causing Oberholtzer and his business "severe harm."
The dealer claims that it had no involvement in the truck getting to Syria.
TEXAS CITY, Tx. —
Approximately two years ago, Mark Oberholtzer, owner of Mark-1 Plumbing in Texas City, Texas, decided to upgrade his company's F-250.
After he traded in the vehicle to AutoNation Ford Gulf Freeway in Houston, the vehicle was shipped away. Oberholtzer didn't think any more about it until a tweet from December 2014 showed his truck being used by a reported Syrian extremist.
The photo shows that the truck wasn't carrying plumbing supplies, but instead a man in black, firing an antiaircraft gun.
Regardless of its new use, the truck still has the logo and phone number of Mark-1 Plumbing. Now that the image has gone viral, Oberholtzer has filed a lawsuit against the Ford dealer. The complaint argues AutoNation misrepresented its intentions to remove the decal, causing Oberholtzer and his business "severe harm."
The dealer claims that it had no involvement in the truck getting to Syria.
