A lower-court ruling that a group of drivers who were leasing their trucks from Pathway Leasing were not employees but rather independent contractors has been affirmed by an appellate court.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Denver where Pathway is located, upheld the lower-court ruling that dates back to a six-day bench trial in June 2018. The decision was not handed down until 2021.
The 15 plaintiffs were all drivers who leased trucks through Pathway and drove for XPO Logistics (...