terminations

Krdog, what they are telling you about the dog is sound advice, the bus ticket was fair. Its just a bad situation because of your dog. NOW, you will find that some people on here will pop off about your skills, where you live, experience etc... and they bait you into an argument. Then here comes the calvary to flex their muscle and scold YOU or ban YOU, but never the origin of the insults.

 

Lay off the bickering and act like adults. We can get back to the original topic of the thread and behave, or other action will be taken. Consider this the last warning!

 

I think it's sad, but this guy likely has a case involving a personal house pet. House pets aren't equipped to handle extreme outdoor temps.

Example:
A few years ago, a neighbor(ie the carrier) had a relative(ie the driver) visit, that owned a large dog. The dog subsequently chased another neighbors house cat up a tree so far that a fire truck was called to get the shaking/frightened house cat down(this cost $ to the owner of the cat). The cats owner then sued the neighbor(NOT the neighbors relative or actual owner of the dog) for damages and restitution and won the case on the grounds that the dog came from defendants property(even IF the defendant didn't own that dog in question). It was deemed the defendant(the carrier) being the property owner, was responsible for the naughty dog, regardless of the dogs owner(the driver).

I'm guessing the carrier(Covenant) could be shown to be in a similar situation by a savvy attorney. IF in fact, the carrier knew there was a dog on the truck(ie Covanent knew, because they charged the driver for having a pet).

Again, I suggest he contact PETA, and ask for PETA's help in legal representation. PETA will go after the trucking company like a rabid dog.
Pun? LOL

Sadly, if the person here had NO dog, and the carrier fired him and gave him no $ for a bus ticket. He likely wouldn't have ANY case.

 

I guess you learned a lesson here. Now it is time to regroup and plan your next move.

You could lawyer up however, is it really worth the time? I like animals don't get me wrong but what is going to be accomplished. What kind of restitution do you expect? How much of it will you get in your hands?

As a suggestion find a new company local or otr and have someone watch your dog. Find out how the company operates and then bring Fido along.

Good luck!

 

You acknowledge you were aware of what you consider intolerable conditions caused by anti-idling laws yet you chose to put a dog in the truck to suffer in these conditions . Who really caused the inhumane treatment ?

 

Try NLRB

 

I have dogs that are over ten years old and have never even set foot indoors other than to come in out of the rain, and then they never make it past the garage. Dogs are fine outside, that's why God gave them fur coats.