Limo Company Spoiled 5-Year-Old Son's $15K Dodger Birthday Trip, Woman Claims

LOS ANGELES, CA — A woman is suing an Inglewood limousine service, alleging she spent $15,000 for tickets to Dodger Stadium to celebrate her son's fifth birthday only to be left to find her own transportation for her family and friends when the luxury vehicle she expected never showed up.

Alexa Parashos' Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit against Arabian Knights Limousine Service Inc. alleges fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract, unfair competition and detrimental reliance. She seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

A representative for the limousine service did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the suit brought Friday.

According to the suit, Parashos is a "devoted mother who, in celebration of her young son's fifth birthday, went to great lengths to create a joyful and memorable day."

Relatives flew in from out of state and others drove in from other cities to attend the birthday party and Parashos coordinated meals and activities, carefully planning an outing in which her son could watch the Dodgers, his favorite team, and which her family and friends could cherish for years to come, the suit states.

Parashos bought more than 30 tickets for relatives and friends to watch the Dodgers play the Colorado Rockies on July 19 and the $15,000 price included the chance to watch Shohei Ohtani in batting practice and to receive a Fernando Valenzuela bobblehead doll, the suit states. Also scheduled were giveaways to guests who were children, the suit states.

Parashos organized transportation from her Malibu home and the limousine service agreement was facilitated by a booking service, according to the suit, which further states that the plaintiff made a $750 deposit.

Arabian Knights agreed to provide a tour bus known as the "Atlantis" and, relying on the agreement, Parashos paid the full amount due, the suit states. However, the bus never showed up, forcing the plaintiff to scramble and find multiple alternative vehicles to transport the guests and then pay for parking once they reached Dodger Stadium, the suit states.

When contacted by Parashos, the Arabian Knights owner sounded unsympathetic and offered to send a different bus, but it would have arrived so late that most of the game would have been missed, the suit states. Parashos and her guests did not arrive in their alternative vehicles until the fourth inning and they missed the Ohtani batting practice and did not get the Valenzuela bobblehead dolls, according to the suit.

"The experience plaintiff carefully planned and paid for was fundamentally disrupted and irreparably diminished," the suit states.

As Parashos left Dodger Stadium, she saw the "Atlantis" bus with the owner of the company behind the wheel, indicating that it was serving another group at the same time it was supposed to be available to the plaintiff's gathering, according to the suit.

Parashos' husband took photos of the bus with the owner inside and they are included within the lawsuit pleadings.

Parashos suffered both financial loss and emotional distress due to the disarray, humiliation and disappointment inflicted upon her, her son and their guests on what was intended to be a celebratory occasion for family and friends, the suit states.

City News Service