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PORTILLO et al v. NATIONAL FREIGHT, INC. et al

  1. August 18, 2025

    NFI Agrees To $5.75M Deal To End Misclassification Suit

    National Freight has agreed to pay $5.75 million to end an almost 10-year-long suit in which a class of truckers claimed they were misclassified as independent contractors, the workers said, urging a New Jersey federal court to greenlight the deal.

  2. April 14, 2023

    Truckers Say They're Owed Damages Based On Deductions

    National Freight owes a class of truckers damages based on pay deductions they faced while being misclassified as independent contractors, the truckers told a New Jersey federal court, arguing that the company is trying to fool the court into using another method.

  3. April 04, 2023

    Defense Too Late In Misclassification Spat, Truckers Say

    National Freight shouldn't be allowed to argue during a misclassification trial that it can recover payments from drivers, a class of truckers told a New Jersey federal court, saying that defense comes eight years too late.

  4. February 08, 2023

    Truckers Keep Class Cert. In Employee Misclassification Suit

    A New Jersey federal court declined to decertify a class of truckers who allege that a delivery logistics company misclassified them as independent contractors and illegally withheld wages, ruling Tuesday that the company's motion to unwind the class was nothing more than a rehashing of previously rejected arguments.

  5. November 01, 2022

    National Freight Pushes To Decertify Truckers In NJ Wage Suit

    Logistics company National Freight pressed a New Jersey federal court to decertify a class of truckers claiming they were misclassified as independent contractors, saying an appeals court's decision that choice-of-law provisions in a service agreement were irrelevant supports untangling the class.

  6. June 10, 2022

    National Freight Truckers Declared Employees In Wage Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge ruled that a group of truckers are employees, not independent contractors, of logistics company National Freight, giving the workers a win in their suit accusing the company of misclassifying drivers to withhold pay for business expenses.

  7. February 08, 2022

    Truckers Were Not Employees, National Freight Says

    A group of truckers meet the requirements of a key test that shows they were independent contractors, not employees, logistics company National Freight said, urging a New Jersey federal judge to shoot down the truckers' request for a win on their misclassification claim.

  8. May 11, 2020

    National Freight Employees' Status Fight Goes To Mediation

    A long-running proposed class action accusing logistics giant National Freight Inc. of denying drivers employee status and shorting their pay has gone to mediation, according to a motion filed Monday in New Jersey federal court.

  9. October 21, 2019

    National Freight Rips Class Cert. Bid In Employee Status Row

    National Freight Inc. told a New Jersey federal judge that drivers claiming they were denied employee status and shorted on pay shouldn't be certified as a class, insisting there's still an open choice-of-law dispute and the drivers' worker status and wages varied widely.

  10. September 04, 2019

    Ex-National Freight Truckers Seek Misclassification Suit Cert.

    Former National Freight Inc. truckers have called on a New Jersey federal court to certify a class of company drivers who made deliveries to Trader Joe's stores on the East Coast, claiming the logistics company misclassified them as independent contractors and made unlawful deductions from their paychecks.