Overview
Evans Delivery Co. was founded by Albert L. Evans, Sr. in 1939. His company began with two trucks handling less-than-truckload (LTL) freight in and around Pottsville, Pennsylvania, which is now about two hours northwest of Philadelphia.
The company continued to grow in the regional LTL market and gradually expanded its operational area throughout Pennsylvania, as well as into New Jersey, New York and Maryland. In 1973, Evans Delivery began intermodal services to serve the steamship...
Western Express has asserted that the latest class action lawsuit filed against the company alleging wage and rest break violations should be dismissed for failure by plaintiffs to prove their case.
The lawsuit, filed earlier this month by a truck driver based in Washington state, asserts that the Nashville, Tennessee-based truckload carrier failed to pay him and other drivers minimum wage as required under federal law, as well as failed to pay for rest breaks and other non-driving work time as...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/western-express-fending-off-latest-wagerest-break-lawsuit
Evans Delivery Co. has settled a class-action lawsuit of 275 members over the way it paid drayage drivers in California.
For a wage lawsuit between independent contractors and a trucking company, the settlement came relatively quickly. While some similar cases drag on for four or five years, this suit, in the U.S. federal District Court for Central California in November 2018, was filed less than two years ago.
Judge Dale Fischer approved the settlement on Friday.
Under the terms of the...