An Illinois firm, Lions Logistics 1, which specialized in perishable foods and other time-sensitive loads, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, reporting a 96% drop in revenue in 2020.
The owner of two defunct California trucking companies, Royal Flush 89 Transport and Cuevas Transport, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Wednesday.
A legal battle is brewing in Texas over an insurance payout to the mother of one of the victims killed in a fatal truck crash involving the truck driver for Josiah’s Trucking of Edinburg, Texas.
While the opinion letters don’t have the force of law, they do suggest which way the new administration will go in classification of compensation issues
Uber recently sent out a white paper on its views of compensation and other benefits for its drivers in Europe.
A former accounting employee of a New Mexico-based trucking company pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling more than $1.1 million from her employer over a seven-year period.
Despite a last-minute pardon by former President Donald Trump in his criminal case, tech pioneer Anthony Levandowski’s legal woes continue after he was forced to file for bankruptcy protection on […]
David Owen West pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering in federal court, admitting he orchestrated an elaborate scheme to defraud his former employer, Petco Petroleum Corp., out of more than $400,000.
Doctors have been identified in the lawsuit, a truck driver was fired after one “accident,” and C.R. England paid out over $4 million in a case.
Two GlobalTranz employees whose job classification changed have filed suit for overtime, but the suit seeks much larger class certification.
A California judge awarded $23.7 million, considered a “nuclear verdict” because it exceeds $10 million, to a motorcyclist whose lower leg was amputated after he was struck by a work truck in Los Angeles.
The former owner of Sisic Transport admitted to altering thousands of logbook entries for his drivers, using Omnitracs’ automatic onboard recording device software.
Another issue in the earlier trial: Did the driver blow his horn?
A federal grand jury has indicted a former fleet manager of Builders FirstSource, a publicly traded construction products manufacturer, alleging Steven Duety used company credit cards to defraud his employer of $1.6 million.
Six people, including the owners of two defunct trucking companies, face multiple charges after federal prosecutors claim they submitted fraudulent loan applications to obtain $1.5 million in funds through the […]
The opinion letter sent last week dealt with issues of driver safety requirements and the relationship between drivers and 3PLs.
An Arkansas-based trucking company, RCX Solutions, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation on Monday, nearly a year after it shuttered operations when it was unable to climb out of debt following a $23 million nuclear verdict.
A Feb. 5 sentencing date has been set for a bookkeeper who pleaded guilty to devising an elaborate scheme to defraud a family-owned trucking company and farm in Missouri out […]
Although the defendant’s role in the staged accident scheme was relatively minor and he had cooperated with authorities, Mario Solomon still was sentenced to 21 months behind bars.
Former Google exec was not currently in prison but faced 18-month sentence eventually
There is a widespread view that the new Department of Labor standards might be pulled back by the Biden administration, but it has an impact on this latest opinion.
The Penske Logistics lawsuit was filed before the bankruptcy so it doesn’t address all the charges in the Loves action
The California Supreme Court rules the ABC test can be a factor in new and old worker classification litigation. If AB5 is lifted in California, it will add to the growing role for the B prong in the state’s trucking sector
Penske Logistics “strongly refutes” claims by Loves but defers other comments.
Tayland Rahim, 27, of Gladstone, Missouri, an ex-Swift truck driver, was shot multiple times after troopers claim he drove to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s local headquarters in Lee’s Summit with an assault-style rifle, firing several rounds.
Revised from earlier Department of Labor rule, it isn’t expected to survive an early Biden administration review
An Oregan man was recently sentenced to over eight years in prison and ordered to pay back over $3.2 million for his role in an elaborate fraud scheme while living in Hawaii.
In 2020, the U.S. trucking industry was turned on its head by a pandemic and an oil glut that forced many small fleets and owner-operators to cease operations or file for bankruptcy protection. Others cited legal woes as the main reason to file Chapter 7 or 11 this year.
Company said sale of its SHIP tokens was not an unregistered securities sale, but government agency disagreed
A federal grand jury has indicted Daniel R. Fruits, a former executive of Secure Transit, headquartered in Greenwood, Indiana, alleging he defrauded his investor of nearly $14 million to buy a horse farm, Rolex watches and several luxury cars.
Now-pardoned California Republican Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds.
A former billing and payroll clerk for South Dakota-based Blachowske Truck Line was sentenced on Monday to three years in federal prison and ordered to repay nearly $580,000.
Forward Air is the victim of a ransomware attack. Freight is still moving through its network, but it’s become a paper-and-phone process to locate and tender freight and deal with back-office documentation.
In slightly modified statement from earlier, company says law enforcement has been contacted about cyber incident
Digital freight brokerage Mothership Technologies is suing less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines of Waco, Texas, for nearly $508,000 in unpaid invoices, citing breach of contract.
Indicted just two months ago, the individuals helped bring a payout from C.R. England and its insurer of $4.7 million
Former Louisiana trucker Alfred Bourgeois was put to death Friday, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute bid by his attorneys for clemency.
Former Louisiana trucker Alfred Bourgeois is set to be executed Friday, barring a last-minute court stay for the brutal murder of his 2-year-old daughter.
Narrowing millions of data points to three main categories, it’s now much easier to find PPP recipients from the smallest to the biggest
Former Trimac workers claim the bulk carrier failed to provide respirators and implement safety measures at its tank washing facilities in Georgia.
Business-to-business exemption may play key role if trucking falls under employee classification law
Former Celadon truck drivers and employees are still bitter one year after the trucking conglomerate filed Chapter 11 and abruptly shuttered operations on Dec. 9, 2019.
Meanwhile, a suit against Amazon suggests federal or state agencies, not the courts, may be where disputes are settled.
Former driver recruiter Michelle Serth-Stein is accused of embezzling nearly $121,000 from two Missouri trucking companies.
Prosecutors are asking the 6th Circuit Court to reconsider its Pilot fraud case ruling that tossed out the convictions of Mark Hazelwood and two staffers.
Most companies have women now, but a second rule would deal with diversity or sexuality.
Double whammy for the dismissed driver: He owes the grocer more than $15,000 in addition to not getting his job back.
Tony Kirik owned both Dallas and Orange Transportation, which had a weak safety rating
A Texas oilfield services company filed for bankruptcy protection, leaving small-business truckers that haul oilfield equipment in the lurch.
Cash payout to class members small; but debt forgiveness more than $1,300 per driver
SBA got a short stay but court considering a longer delay
Efforts aimed at state’s legislative session that begins in January
The legality of AB5 in the California trucking sector is hurtling down two tracks, but the fight against it has been set back
Ruling sets up for now a dichotomy between what state courts and federal courts have ruled
A case that started with a trailer door that wasn’t closed goes to federal court, ends up with a loss for the LTL carrier
U.S. House lawmakers’ Climate Crisis Action Plan calls for 100% EV truck sales by 2040.
In a letter to the judges considering whether the injunction blocking the law should be lifted, CTA lawyer says Prop 22 victory means trucking more targeted than ever
Trucking companies are among the major unsecured creditors owed money after Eagle Manufacturing Inc. of Red Lake, Minnesota, filed Chapter 11.
Lawyer Keating hired a ‘runner’ who as it turned out was already involved in staging accidents with trucks; he then joined in on the planning, according to indictment
Keating, already sued as an organizer in a RICO suit, charged with 1 count by US attorney
Defunct Rhode Island trucking company was being investigated in connection with accident that killed one of its drivers
Nashville-based truckload carrier also wants to move case from Washington to Tennessee.
Appeals court sets Nov. 30 deadline for prosecutors to file petition for rehearing in Pilot Flying J case. Photo: Wesley Tingey/Unsplash
If truck-specific tolls are set there, expect the practice to spread to other states, group head tells virtual meeting
Modus operandi: Invent expenses for drivers, send them to her account rather than the accounts of those behind the wheel
State’s suit to compel adherence to the law gets a boost; expensive campaign to allow ride-share drivers to remain independent contractors heads toward the finish line
Clock is ticking for federal prosecutors to decide their next steps after appellate court overturned former Pilot President Mark Hazelwood’s conviction,
Investigators charged Bogdan Vechirko, 35, of Otsego, Minnesota, with threats of violence and criminal vehicular operation on Thursday. He allegedly drove through a large crowd of George Floyd protestors on the Interstate 35 west bridge near Minneapolis on May 31.
Expectation, though not stated explicitly, is that the latest group of guilty pleas to federal charges signal cooperation with prosecutors
The ocean container industry association files an agreement with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to ensure its collective activities do not violate the Shipping Act.
Still not under indictment are any of the individuals who allegedly planned the crashes and the doctors who treated the indicted “slammers.”
OOIDA says changes must stay in place to help reverse the rising crash rates.
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America’s general counsel Ed Greenberg looks forward to spending time with his grandson.
Minnesota-based Stan Koch & Sons Trucking has agreed to pay $165,000 to settle a EEOC lawsuit stemming from allegations the carrier retaliated against a former truck driver.
YRC subsidiary can’t produce evidence of any female drivers at Olive Branch facility since at least 2005
A federal appellate court overturned the convictions of former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and two members of his sales team on Wednesday in a fuel rebate scandal that rocked the truck stop dynasty.
A California-based trucking and warehousing company, forced to cease operations more than a year ago, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation.
Company scrambles to set the record straight after drivers are mistakenly told settlement instructions were part of phishing attempt
Tracy Cox, the former office manager of trucking company Corico Inc., was sentenced to two years in prison for wire fraud.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission wants to learn the extent of allegations that ocean carriers are targeting noncontracted service providers for freight payment.
U.S. Federal Maritime Commission steps forward with notice of inquiry to evaluate alleged ocean carrier abuse of “merchant” definition for bill of lading responsibility.
Success in Massachusetts could lead to further adoption across the U.S., supporters assert.
Defendant is a one-truck company that defended itself at trial
The Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference insists the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has jurisdiction to ensure that ocean container chassis provisioning is conducted fairly.
“Sophisticated scheme” went on between 2011 and 2015
MV Rhosus carried the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate cited as the cause of August’s devastating blast.
A Texas-based carrier, Grimmett Brothers Inc., recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, owing small trucking companies thousands.
Grandparents of a 10-year-old girl killed in a tractor-tractor crash that also killed her mother and three siblings have filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
The California Trucking Association is using the decision to support its AB5 appeal.
Saiz’s path to the bench now caught up in Supreme Court fight
Garrison was a ringleader but not an organizer, authorities said; no higher-ups who arranged the accidents have been indicted
A Florida woman has been found guilty of three counts of attempted murder, more than a year after police state she tried to kill herself and her two sons by intentionally steering her van into oncoming traffic and ramming the vehicle into a fuel tanker.
German gas manufacturer Linde GmbH allegedly blew hot air at U.S. Customs in its import declarations to fake the value of goods and lower its duty liability.
Lawsuit ultimately involved 275 class members, settled for $2.8 million
The Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association says the Federal Maritime Commission’s jurisdiction does not apply to a domestic transport dispute with container-hauling truckers.
The rules under the Fair Labor Standard Act would be the first set of federal guidelines to define when a worker is an employee rather than a contractor
Naval architect says the release of 1,500 tons of ballast left the ro-ro vessel without the needed energy to make a turn leaving the Port of Brunswick.
Averitt Express identified as one of the targets for payouts awarded as a result of staged collisions with commercial vehicles
Three class-action lawsuits have been filed against Nikola Corp. and its founder Trevor Milton, since short seller Hindenburg Research published its damaging report about the electric truck startup on Sept. 10.
Court-approved access to $2.45 billion is expected to help the South American carrier weather the pandemic.
