CRST awarded $15.5 million over competitor's alleged truck driver poaching

Jul 31, 2019 at 07:56 AM CST
A federal jury awarded CRST Expedited $15.5 million in damages in connection with reported truck driver poaching by Arizona-based Swift Transportation. The judgment Swift must pay, ordered on July 23, breaks down into $3 million for interference with drivers’ contracts, $5 million in punitive damages and $7.5 million for unjust enrichment. Cedar Rapids-based CRST sued Swift in March 2017, alleging it actively was recruiting and hiring drivers CRST paid to put through its training program to receive commercial driver’s licenses, in exchange for contractual agreements that they would not work for a competitor for a 10-month period, according to court documents.

Jul 31, 2019 at 07:56 AM CST

A federal jury awarded CRST Expedited $15.5 million in damages in connection with reported truck driver poaching by Arizona-based Swift Transportation. The judgment Swift must pay, ordered on July 23, breaks down into $3 million for interference with drivers’ contracts, $5 million in punitive damages and $7.5 million for unjust enrichment. Cedar Rapids-based CRST sued Swift in March 2017, alleging it actively was recruiting and hiring drivers CRST paid to put through its training program to receive commercial driver’s licenses, in exchange for contractual agreements that they would not work for a competitor for a 10-month period, according to court documents.