Judge Dianne Jones affirmed the July jury verdict in Lipe v. Lupus Superior on Friday, and an analyst puts pre-judgment interest at about $107 million on top — with the jury's finding that the carrier's driver was subject to the broker's control now the industry's central liability question.
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Three weeks after high-volume production began Sept. 24, Tesla is hiring from stamping quality to CDL endurance drivers — but it still has not disclosed how many Semis the 50,000-truck-a-year plant is actually building, or what the truck costs.
Highs stay in the 30s and 40s over the northern Appalachians, wet snow is forecast for the lower Great Lakes and Northeast high elevations today, and frost and freeze concerns expand into the Mid-Atlantic overnight — with a coastal storm to watch next week.
A $604 million verdict is upheld against C.H. Robinson, DOT pushes back on the CDL-school story, DataQs reforms take effect, and Brent touches $110.
FMCSA confirmed Nathan Weidert's bid to bar carriers from ordering random screens while a driver is off-duty is under official consideration alongside Todd Daum's carbon monoxide detector ask — but a petition is not a rule, and the agency can deny either outright without public comment.
Brent settled at $109.86 and WTI at $101.41 on Friday, diesel and gasoline contracts are at their highest seasonal levels ever, and lawmakers moved the same day to block the proposed Russian diesel release.
Ohio and North Carolina associations met Reps. Dave Taylor and Mark Harris in district visits, backing bills on staged accidents and chameleon carriers and pointing to a $25,000 to $30,000 excise-tax cost on new trucks.
Prosecutors said two people were concealed in a storage compartment beneath four others at the Sarita checkpoint and could not escape; the driver pleaded guilty in May.
Richard Francis lists an $8.5 million Florida waterfront home among $12.7 million in assets against about $7.5 million in reported liabilities; several claims are disputed, and the filing does not account for what the company itself owes workers and carriers.
Keating, who pleaded guilty in 2021 and cooperated against two fellow attorneys, admitted paying a ringleader for 31 staged tractor-trailer crashes and representing 77 plaintiffs in the New Orleans scheme; he must also pay $657,405.34 in restitution.
Revenue rose to $3.68 billion and earnings came in at $1.82 a share — a cent above revised consensus — as intermodal revenue jumped 20% and the brokerage unit posted a second straight operating profit.
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