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Just hours before AB 5 went into effect, a California federal court in San Diego enjoined enforcement of the statute as to some individuals – approximately 70,000 independent truckers, many of whom have invested substantial sums of money to purchase their own trucks and to work as “owner-operators. [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 9:54 am by admin
., groups like the American Trucking Association and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association) got together and sent a joint request in a formal letter to the Department of Transportation. [read post]
8 Oct 2017, 6:15 pm by Edward Smith
Uber Freight May Be a Boon for Truckers and Carriers I’m Ed Smith, a Fresno truck accident lawyer. [read post]
10 Mar 2019, 8:10 pm by Nassiri Law
Los Angeles employee misclassification attorneys know truckers have been disputing their status as independent contractors for many years now. [read post]
15 Aug 2016, 8:07 am by Michael Grossman
The case involves a group of truck drivers and Excel Direct a trucking company that claims the truckers were independent contractors. [read post]
13 May 2011, 5:40 am by Steven M. Gursten
He is past president of the American Association for Justice Truck Accident Litigation Group, and has received the top-reported jury verdict in Michigan for truck accidents. [read post]
4 Apr 2018, 10:41 am by Jared Staver
December 2017 was the deadline for trucking companies and independent truckers to install electronic logging devices (ELDs) in their commercial motor vehicles. [read post]
12 Dec 2019, 6:22 am by Nassiri Law
Last month, the California Truckers Association filed a challenge to the law, alleging it would harm independent truckers. [read post]
27 Jan 2022, 6:12 am by Don Asher
  The independent trucker’s group suggests that some carriers may invite employees who are more likely to use drugs, particularly cocaine, and that the real safety issue involves better highway safety policies. [read post]
11 Jun 2011, 11:34 am by Rushford & Bonotto, LLP
Safety belts, airbags, stronger windshields and doors, as well as less rigid interior surfaces have all been suggested as ways to decrease injury and death for truckers. [read post]
15 Sep 2014, 6:32 am
In order to seek compensation from the trucker's employer and insurer, one might first have to establish the trucker actually worked for the firm, and was not simply an independent contractor. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 10:28 pm by William D. Kickham
  People who drive trucks for a living – whether as an employee of a company or as an independent trucker – are known legally as “CDL Operators. [read post]
15 Oct 2013, 8:52 am
The group of more than 100 truckers shut down five areas, which have suffered some of the longest wait times since they were recently consolidated into a single terminal operated by industry giant SSA Marine. [read post]
15 Jan 2019, 4:55 pm by Nassiri Law
However, the company argued that truckers who work as independent contractors don’t actually have “contracts of employment,” and therefore wouldn’t be eligible for this exception. [read post]
15 Apr 2018, 12:11 pm by Nassiri Law
Investigative reports and prominent cases have uncovered practices such as forcing truckers to finance their own trucks with personal debt and classifying drivers as independent contractors. [read post]
3 Nov 2018, 11:55 am by Nassiri Law
Contact the employment attorneys at Nassiri Law Group, practicing in Orange County, Riverside and Los Angeles. [read post]
3 Feb 2017, 10:01 am by Robert N. Katz, Esq.
The coalition, which includes the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, and others have petitioned the FMCSA, calling on the it to include a requirement mandating that new truck drivers have a minimum number of hours of driving behind the wheel before they are allowed to drive independently. [read post]
But other groups or industries were not successful in lobbying for last-minute exemptions and are still covered by AB 5, including independent truckers, physical therapists, manicurists, exotic dancers and musicians – and gig economy workers. [read post]