Overdrive

Swift ordered to pay owner-operator $2.6 million after trailer squashed his foot

A jury in a Houston-based federal court has found Swift liable in a lawsuit brought by an owner-operator leased to the company who claimed negligent maintenance practices by Swift caused a trailer to ...
CCJ

Jury awards $2.6 million to Swift owner-operator for negligence in equipment maintenance

A jury in a Houston-based federal court has found Swift liable in a lawsuit brought by an owner-operator leased to the company who claimed negligent maintenance practices by Swift caused a trailer to ...
CCJ

Swift reportedly the latest carrier to shy away from owner-operator leases in California

The chilling effect that an April 2018 ruling by the California Supreme Court has had on the owner-operator lease set-up in California appears to be in the works at one of the nation’s largest ...
Overdrive

Court ruling could allow Swift owner-operators to receive back pay, more

Swift Transportation is appealing a recent federal court’s decision that its owner-operator contractor agreements constitute employment, opening the door for the driver plaintiffs to receive back pay ...