<p class="p1">Rental car company Hertz has agreed to pay almost $170 million in settlements over claims of false robbery with its customers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">The company <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/12/05/hertz-settlement-false-arrests-customers/10838055002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1">said</span></a> in a press release that it had settled 364 claims, which resolves over 95% of all of the claims. It will pay around $168 million by the end of the year and said it &#8220;expects to recover a meaningful portion of the settlement amount from its insurance carriers.”</p>
<p class="p1">Customers of the car company have argued that they were pulled over, arrested, and put in <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/business/hertz-lawsuit-settlement/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">jail</a> and prosecuted for stealing vehicles. In reality, they claimed, Hertz just couldn’t find the cars after they were turned back in. Some customers have taken issue with other frustrations with their rentals.</p>
<p class="p1">One of the lawsuits <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/15/business/hertz-rental-arrests/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1">involved</span></a> 47 customers and claimed the company didn’t keep track of rental extensions and incorrectly said customers hadn’t issued payments. The suit also said that Hertz didn’t keep track of its cars and also didn’t rectify false reports that had been made to law enforcement.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p class="p1">Some of the people who have sued Hertz said police held them at gunpoint over the mixups.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">“We are reviewing and considering each claim brought against Hertz on its individual merits,” Hertz spokesman Jonathan Stern said at the time. “We have begun extending settlement offers to dozens of claimants and will continue to do so on a case by case basis.”</p>
<p class="p1">Hertz CEO Steven Scherr <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/12/05/hertz-settlement-false-arrests-customers/10838055002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1">arrived</span></a> at the company in February and promised to fix the problem.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;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,&#8221; Scherr said.</p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;While we will not always be perfect, the professionals at Hertz will continue to work every day to provide best-in-class service to the tens of millions of people we serve each year. Moving forward, it is our intention to reshape the future of our company through electrification, shared mobility and a great digital-first customer experience,” he added.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">In June, Hertz distributed its initial grouping of settlement offers. Prior to the settlements, the lawyers for the plaintiffs guessed that the total amount of money in damages would be over $960 million, but Hertz acknowledged that the company felt as if that figure was exaggerated.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Hertz also <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/hertz-pay-168-million-theft-arrest-problems" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1">said</span></a> that the settlement money will probably not have a &#8220;material impact on its capital allocation plans for the balance of 2022 and 2023.&#8221;</p>

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