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Major carriers’ revenue, income continue to slip in 2017
The stats are also in line with owner-operator income for the first half of the year. Like owner-operators, publicly traded large fleets reported higher fuel costs than the same period the year prior, despite cheaper diesel prices.
August 23, 2017
Business
Major carrier again ordered to pay big payout to driver following refusal-to-drive firing
Brandon Hopper claims he was “confronted and baited” by Marten to resign in July 2013 after he refused to haul two allegedly overweight loads and three other loads because, he claims, he would have been in violation of hours of service regulations.
February 24, 2016
Business
Marten ordered to pay former driver $51k after firing him for refusing overweight load
The specific incident that led to Sinkfield’s firing occurred in May 2014, when he refused a load at a shipper’s facility because it was 40 pounds over the 80,000-lb. federal limit and several pounds over allowable axle limits. A judge found his firing, despite being related to several incidents, was wrongful, as the load refusal was protected by federal law.
February 9, 2016
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