With so much focus on nuclear verdicts in the trucking industry, a decision last week in a federal appeals court went in a different direction with a significant victory for a major carrier.
Western Express, a privately held truckload carrier with what it says is more than 3,600 power units, has prevailed in an appeals case in the Fourth Circuit involving a 2018 crash in Rockbridge County, Virginia, on Interstate 81 that resulted in “devastating and permanent injuries” to Andre Le Doux,...
Con tanto enfoque en veredictos nucleares En la industria de camiones, una decisión la semana pasada en un tribunal de apelaciones federales fue en una dirección diferente con una victoria significativa para un operador importante. Western Express, un transportista de carga de camiones privado con lo que dice que es más de 3.600 unidades de […]
Esta entrada Western Express prevalece a nivel de apelaciones federales en el caso de ‘muro de agua’ que Ata vio como importante Aparece primero en FullAv...
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Navigating an ever-changing safety landscape
DETAILS: Daniel Patterson, director of safety at truckload carrier Western Express, discusses the ways his company is addressing safety challenges in trucking.
KEY QUOTES FROM PATTERSON:
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Four companies now have settled a class-action lawsuit brought by a group of drivers who alleged uncompetitive behavior by eight companies in their recruiting activities.
The lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has been referred to as an “anti-poaching” suit. But it actually targets what the four original plaintiffs say are industry practices that ultimately limit the movement of drivers among employers. What the drivers deem a conspiracy was specifically...
Western Express has become the latest large, national fleet to adopt Platform Science’s connected vehicle platform, announcing Thursday that it would roll out the open Internet of Things (IoT) technology across its fleet of 3,000 trucks.
The Nashville, Tennessee-based truckload carrier will deploy the full suite of technologies available from Platform Science. The complete rollout is expected to be finished before the end of the year.
“Platform Science has helped streamline our operations,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/western-express-to-deploy-platform-sciences-full-technology-suite
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, Old Dominion Freight Line is the latest less-than-truckload carrier to announce an increase in rates for this year. Plus, SONAR data shows a freight market moving sideways, and Forward Air reaffirms its direction in spite of activist shareholder pressure.
Parade of rate increasesFollowing in the path of others, Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ: ODFL) has issued a general rate increase, effective...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/the-daily-dash:-more-ltl-rate-increases;-diving-into-sonar-freight-data
A Washington state district judge has denied a request by truckload carrier Western Express to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former employee who has accused the company of failing to pay him for overtime wages as well as for meal and rest breaks.
Richard Sanders, who lives in Washington and drove for the Nashville, Tennessee-based carrier from December 2019 to August 2020, alleged in a complaint filed in September that Western Express failed to pay him and other drivers the minimum wage under the...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/judge-orders-western-express-wagerest-break-lawsuit-to-continue
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