The Cullen Law Firm has been representing individuals and small businesses in class action and complex litigation, before state and federal courts, for more than thirty years. experience includes every type of challenge that motor carriers and owner-operators might face from unconstitutional regulation of interstate commerce to abusive, unlawful treatment of truck drivers. The Firm’s litigation has achieved substantial recoveries and long-lasting benefits for class members. The Firm’s class action experience includes:

 

• Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Ass’n, et al v. NYS Dept of Taxation, et al, Index No.: 5551-13, (Albany County Supreme Ct. 2016) (class counsel in a successful challenge to state truck tax resulting in $32 million refunds).
• Trucking Ass’n, Inc. v. Kline, No. 07-14-1667-85MVT (N.J. Tax Ct., Nov. 22, 1989) (sub-class counsel).
• Trucking Ass’n, Inc., et al. v. Commw. of Pa., Nos. 315 C.D. 1982, 267 C.D. 1983, and 160 C.D. 1984 (Pa. Commw. Ct., Dec. 18, 1992) (sub-class counsel).
• Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Ass’n v. Heartland Express, Inc. of Iowa, No. 3-01-80179 (S.D. Iowa January 23, 2003) (class counsel).
• In Re Intrenet, Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Ass’n v. Huntington Nat’l Bank, 273 B.R. 153 (S.D. Ohio 2002) (class counsel) (Truth-in-Leasing regulations create a statutory trust over owner-operator escrow funds).
• Owner-Operators Indep. Drivers Ass’n v. Ledar Transp., No. 00-0258-CV-W-2-ECF (W.D. Mo. Mar 31, 2002) (class counsel).
• King v. Bechtler Dev. Corp., No. 01-CVS-597 (N.C. Super. Ct. Oct. 23, 2002) (class counsel in Rails-to-Trails case).
• Owner-Operators Indep. Drivers Ass’n v. Arctic Express, Inc., No. C2:97-CV-00750 (S.D. Ohio, Sept. 6, 2001) (class counsel in a successful challenge under Truth-in-Leasing regulations resulting in $5.5 million judgment to class).
• Owner-Operators Indep. Drivers Ass’n v. Mayflower Transit, Inc., 204 F.R.D. 138 (S.D. Ind. 2001) (class counsel).
• Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Ass’n v. State of N.H., Nos. 85-E-317 and 377 (Super. Ct.,Hillsborough Cty.) (Class counsel in a successful challenge to state truck tax resulting in $1.8 million refunds).
• Owner-Operators Indep. Drivers Ass’n v. Gilbert Express, Inc., No. 00-5163 (D.N.J. Feb. 14, 2001) (class counsel).
• Taylor v. United States, No. 00-0258 (W.D. Pa. May 21, 2001) (class counsel in Rails-to-Trails case).
• Padtra v. Ledar Transp., Inc., No. 96-0324-CV-W-2 (W.D. Mo. 6, 1996) (class counsel).
• Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Ass’n v. Sizemore, 671 So. 2d 674 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995), cert denied, 517 U.S. 112 (1996) (class counsel in the successful challenge to Alabama state truck tax resulting in $70 million in tax refunds).
• Trucking Ass’n, Inc. v. Kline, No. 07-14-1667-85MVT (N.J. Tax Ct., Nov. 22, 1989) (sub-class counsel).
• Private Truck Council of Am., Inc. v. State of N.J., No. L-85-1262 (N.J. Super. Jan. 20, 1989) (sub-class counsel).
• Trucking Ass’n, Inc., et al. v. Commw. of Pa., Nos. 315 C.D. 1982, 267 C.D. 1983, and 160 C.D. 1984 (Pa. Commw. Ct., Dec. 18, 1992) (sub-class counsel).