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Trucker reportedly fired via text dumped load of corn on highway
According to the report, Darren C. Walp, 36, was hauling corn for B&T Livingston Trucking from Reynolds, Neb., to Hanover, Kan., when he received a text message telling him to “pack your stuff ASAP and you can leave.” Walp then reportedly stopped his truck, opened the trailer’s hopper doors and dumped the load of corn in the highway.
December 1, 2016
Business
Trucker who refused to drive awarded back wages, fleet ordered to stop retaliation
Oak Harbor Freight Lines has been ordered by OSHA to pay a former driver back wages and to stop an attendance policy that the department says retaliates against drivers who refuse to drive due to safety reasons.
January 6, 2014
Business
Judge orders fleet to pay drivers $300k after fired for refusing to drive
A judge has ordered an Ohio-based carrier to pay two drivers deemed wrongfully terminated $302,000. The drivers were fired after refusing to drive when they discovered their carriers’ trucks did not have the proper information on their trucks.
November 20, 2013
Business
Carrier ordered to pay back wages, rehire driver fired for refusing to drive over hours
A federal agency has ordered a Massachusetts carrier pay a driver $131,533 after firing him for refusing to drive after reaching the federal limit on hours.
July 25, 2013
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