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Union Pacific sues Texas town over 1870s-era jobs promise
Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) is suing the city of Palestine, Texas, to nullify a 150-year-old contract to keep a certain number of jobs in the…
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Family files $10 million lawsuit in fatal crash despite truck driver being cleared of any wrongdoing
The parents of two children killed in a fatal crash during a snowstorm in March 2018 have filed a $10 million lawsuit, alleging negligence against…
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Dismissal sought for FedEx export control lawsuit
The Justice Department has asked the express carrier’s lawsuit to be dismissed, stating that it should be up to Congress and not the court to…
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Pilot files civil lawsuit against shuttered Falcon Transport over $800,000 in unpaid fuel bills (with video)
Pilot Flying J has filed a civil lawsuit against Falcon Transport of Youngstown, Ohio, and its private equity owners, alleging the now-defunct carrier owes the…
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Driver issues
Settlement in long-running truck lease lawsuit against C.R. England set for final approval
A long-running lawsuit over leased vehicles appears to be reaching its conclusion. The lawsuit, Roberts, et al. v. C.R. England, Inc., et al, is scheduled…
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Australian watchdog sues port operator over crippling covenants
A major port operator in Australia is being sued in the nation’s Federal Court by the national competition watchdog, alleging an anti-competitive deal with a…
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Driver issues
J.B. Hunt reportedly settles long-running California wage lawsuit for $15 million
Just weeks after a federal judge sided with the company and decertified a class of about 11,000 current and former drivers who filed suit, J.B.…
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Legal issues
North Carolina residents sue CSX for failure to prevent devastating flooding
The lawsuit asserts that water “poured in through a gap in city levees,” and it says the gap was created by a railway underpass owned…
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Legal issues
Federal judge rules against UPS Freight in ADA lawsuit
The judgement pertained to a company policy that resulted in drivers who must temporarily move into non-driving roles for medical reasons being paid less than…
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Driver issues
#MeToo movement comes to trucking as EEOC sues Prime Inc. for sexual harassment
Alleging that Prime Inc. put female truck drivers in harm’s way, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit this week against the carrier,…
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