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UPS Pilots Ratify Labor Contract

UPS Inc. announced that its pilots, who are members of the Independent Pilots Association, have ratified a labor agreement that is in force until at least Sept. 1, 2021.

August 31, 2016
Business

Attorneys in Pilot Fuel Rebate Case Seek Sentencing Delay

Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Pilot Flying J diesel-fuel rebate criminal case have asked a federal judge to delay sentencing for 10 former company executives who have pleaded guilty as participants in a scheme to cheat customers.

January 29, 2015
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Federal Court Panel to Hear Pilot Lawsuit Consolidation Request

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has set a March 27 hearing in San Diego to consider a request by Pilot Flying J attorneys to consolidate seven lawsuits filed against the truck-stop chain seeking damages in connection with a diesel-fuel rebate fraud scheme.

February 25, 2014
Business

Three Former Employees Plead Guilty in Pilot Flying J Case

Three more former employees of truck-stop chain Pilot Flying J have pleaded guilty to fraud-related charges in a U.S. District Court in Knoxville, Tenn.

January 28, 2014
Business

Western Express Settles Lawsuit with Pilot Flying J

Truckload carrier Western Express has reached an out-of-court settlement of its $75 million rebate-fraud lawsuit filed last year against Pilot Flying J, Pilot’s attorney confirmed.

January 9, 2014
Business

Judge OKs $84.9 Mln. Payout in Pilot Class-Action Lawsuit

A federal judge in Arkansas last week approved an $84.9 million settlement offer from Pilot Flying J to reimburse as many as 5,500 customers who are part of a class-action lawsuit alleging that the truck-stop chain fraudulently shortchanged them on diesel fuel rebates.

December 2, 2013
Business

Pilot Seeks Court Approval of $72 Mln. Rebate-Fraud Settlement

Attorneys representing Pilot Flying J and an estimated class of 5,500 truckers alleged to have been fraudulently shortchanged diesel fuel rebates will return to federal court in Little Rock, Ark., on Nov. 25, seeking final approval of a $72 million class-action settlement.

November 22, 2013
Business

About 150 Pilot Customers Reject Settlement

About 150 of the roughly 5,500 Pilot Flying J customers eligible for a rebate-fraud class-action lawsuit settlement have formally declined to take part, a Pilot spokeswoman said Oct. 24.

October 24, 2013
Business

Western Express Says Pilot Flying J Fraud Cost it More Than $73 Mln.

A Nashville, Tenn.-based trucking company, the largest carrier yet to file a fraud lawsuit against Pilot Flying J, is seeking more than $73 million in punitive damages for being shortchanged $2.5 million in fuel rebates since 2005.

September 4, 2013
Business

Ga. Trucking Company Wants to Depose Haslam, Other Pilot Flying J Executives

A Georgia motor carrier, the latest of more than 20 trucking companies to file fuel-rebate fraud lawsuits against Pilot Flying J, is seeking to depose Pilot CEO Jimmy Haslam in October.

August 13, 2013