Celadon Must Face Claims for Millions of Dollars

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  1. Feb 23, 2016 #1
    pigsooie

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    Court Rules Celadon Must Face Claims for Millions of Dollars in Improper Withholdings from Drivers’ Compensation

    A Marion Superior Court ruled that Celadon Trucking Services, Inc. must respond in court to a class action lawsuit seeking the return of millions of dollars in improper withholdings from the compensation of independent owner-operator drivers of long-haul trucks. The lawsuit, filed last October by Indianapolis law firm Cohen & Malad, LLP, is requesting that Celadon return the improper compensation withholdings to the drivers. On March 11, the Marion Superior Court denied Celadon’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, meaning that Celadon must face the claims raised by the lawsuit and proceed with producing evidence.

    The class action lawsuit alleges that Celadon breached its Lease Agreement with the drivers by deducting from the drivers’ compensation more in fuel charges than Celadon paid to Pilot Flying J for those fuel charges because, unbeknownst to the drivers, Celadon had a deal with Pilot Flying J that Celadon would only pay a lower “discount price” for fuel purchased by the drivers. The lawsuit also alleges that despite only paying Pilot Flying J the lower discount price for the fuel, Celadon withheld from the drivers’ compensation the higher price “pump price” of the fuel.

    http://www.cohenandmalad.com/news/c...s-improper-withholdings-drivers-compensation/
     
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  3. Feb 23, 2016 #2
    Big Don

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    I guess there will always be another scam that a company pulls on drivers...
     
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  4. Feb 24, 2016 #3
    mjd4277

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    Old news. This was already mentioned elsewhere here.
     
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  5. Feb 25, 2016 #4
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    Why can't these companies just stop cheating and play fair?
     
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    Big Don

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    But where is the FUN in that?:confused:
     
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    Dryver

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    I guarantee there are other companies doing the same thing and now must cover it up. They will probably start giving the driver 100% of the fuel discount but market it as a great new pay raise.
    "We love are drivers, they are family, so we have introduced a new fuel bonus"
     
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    Trucking is such a hustler business. Just like the saying goes Good guys finish last. These companies would sell their own mother down the river if the price was right
     
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  10. Feb 27, 2016 #8
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    Lease Purchase is one of them. As a matter of fact, its a joke, and the drivers don't even know that its a joke.
     
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  11. Feb 27, 2016 #9
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    People go to a dealer and finance a truck that has the cheapest monthly truck payment they can get then hop trucking companies. That way they can take the truck with them. I seen finance those condo sleepers fleet trucks
     
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  12. Feb 27, 2016 #10
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    Because if you're ever gonna make any money you need to screw somebody. But, if I were a CEO of Big D Trucking and contracted a deal to pay less for fuel because of my mass consumption, why would I need to pass my wholesale deal down to independent drivers of when under my agreement with the drivers they would get at least some savings. What's the big deal? I'm sure Leasers, if they read that fact in the Lease agreement, they would still sign.
     
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