Class action lawsuit against Swift to proceed

PHOENIX, AZ – A class action lawsuit based on allegations that Swift Transportation shorted driver wages will proceed, following a January 10 ruling from the Arizona Supreme Court. 

The lawsuit, first brought in 2004, alleges that Swift used an artificial formula to calculate mileage — leaving drivers paid for the shortest distance rather than actual driven miles. The recent Arizona ruling denied the carrier’s request to review a 2016 appellate court order that recertified the class, which was temporarily halted in 2015 by a state superior court.

Up to 80,000 drivers could be involved. Any driver employed by Swift Transportation from 1998 until today, and paid by the mile, could be eligible to join the lawsuit.

Attorneys representing the drivers say a date hasn’t been set, but they plan to go to trial as soon as possible and will provide more information as it becomes available. 


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