A motorist who accidentally drives a car into street protesters could be immune from civil liability under a bill being considered in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Rep. Justin Price, an Exeter Republican, introduced legislation on Wednesday that says drivers won’t be liable for injuring protesters if they’re blocking traffic in a public right-of-way. The immunity would only benefit …
Penske has agreed to pay 344 drivers $15,000 each to settle the case. Two and a half years after the case produced a landmark court decision, Penske Logistics has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a class action lawsuit challenging its alleged denial of state-required breaks for its drivers. Penske will pay 344 current and former drivers to settle the now 8-year-old case, according to a …
Truckers’ 2004 lawsuit against Swift Transportation can proceed after the Arizona Supreme Court refused to decertify the class action lawsuit, allowing the 80,000-member class to pursue allegations over mileage pay. On Jan. 10, the court refused the truckload carrier’s request to review a 2016 appellate court order. In 2015, the state superior court decertified the class, but the appeals court …
Why it matters to you If you ever consider working for a gig-economy company, this case could be setting a significant precedent. The case isn’t over, but a new chapter on what was once a potential multi-billion dollar class action lawsuit might now settle in the single digit millions. California Uber drivers’ attorney Christopher Morosoff has asked a state judge to accept Uber’s offer of $7.75 …
Uber settled a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission today for $20 million. The lawsuit alleged that the ride-hailing app recruited drivers by misleading them about the amount of money they could earn through the app and the auto financing deals they could get through Uber’s Vehicle Solutions Program. The lawsuit claims that Uber made “false, misleading, or unsubstantiated claims …
A long-running California wage-and-hour class action alleging Penske Logistics LLC failed to provide truck drivers with meal breaks will be settled for $750,000, a deal that will cancel a scheduled February trial and distribute $332,500 to drivers after attorneys’ fees and other costs are deducted, according to a court filing late …
Taxi drivers have won permission to take their fight against Uber to court. A judge has authorized a $300 million class-action lawsuit against the phone-based ride-hailing service. Lawyer Carl-Olivier Rouleau said taxi drivers operating under government regulation have lost money as a direct result of Uber’s actions.
Reader CDW passes along another challenge to Uber’s assertion that its drivers are just contractors. A federal judge in eastern Pennsylvania is hearing a case where Uber drivers are claiming that they should be on the clock when they are logged into the Uber app, waiting for a ride. In addition, they are claiming this should entitle them to minimum wage and overtime pay .
Walmart Transportation has been ordered by a federal jury to pay 850 current and former truck drivers a total of $55 million in back pay, stemming from a 2015 ruling that the retail giant’s private fleet did not comply with California minimum wage laws. Notably, the fleet did not pay drivers for federally stipulated 10-hour off-duty periods, accounting for $44.7 …
A pair of former delivery drivers has filed a class action lawsuit against the trucking company that employed them and against Internet behemoth Amazon, the merchant whose cargo they were delivering and who they allege acted as their “joint employer,” saying the companies wrongly didn’t pay overtime, making them earn less than what state and federal law requires. In the lawsuit filed Nov. 1 in …