Drivers leasing trucks through Pathway again ruled independent contractors

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 (...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drivers-leasing-trucks-through-pathway-again-ruled-independent-contractors

Court decision serves as primer on pitfalls, possibilities of truck leasing

Thinking of leasing a truck to become your own boss? If you read a recent decision from a federal court in Colorado, you may think twice about it.

Or you may not. In fact, you may conclude that it’s absolutely the right move to make.

That’s the fun in digesting the recent decision handed down last week in the U.S. District Court for Colorado. The decision comes in a case first filed in September 2016 by a large group of plaintiffs against Pathway Leasing, a major provider of leases to individuals...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/court-decision-serves-as-primer-on-pitfalls-possibilities-of-truck-leasing

Independent contractor definition battles may further complicate lawsuits over lease purchases

With the definition of independent contractors (ICs) pinballing around the three-legged stool of the states, Washington and the federal courts, there’s a particular group of truck drivers with an additional level of uncertainty: those operating on lease purchases.

Whether a driver on a lease purchase program is truly independent is a central feature of a number of lawsuits making their way through the courts — including several filed by California attorney Robert Boulter, whose specialty in...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/independent-contractor-definition-battles-may-further-complicate-lawsuits-over-lease-purchases

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