Class action lawsuit alleges SuperEgo scammed drivers out of their paychecks 

A class action lawsuit has been brought against leasing company SuperEgo alleging that the company scammed drivers out of their paychecks through deceptive business practices and breach of contract. 

The class action lawsuit was first filed in 2022 and is currently in the discovery phase, with ongoing legal proceedings. The lawsuit was brought to the forefront of mainstream media this week with the release of a 60 Minutes report that investigated chameleon carriers and other fraudulent trucking practices.

According to Fox32, There are only 12 named plaintiffs in the lawsuit, but 800 others have joined. Any driver who worked for SuperEgo or its affiliated carriers between August 5th, 2012 until present day and were paid based on a percentage of the load are eligible to join. 

The suit alleges that SuperEgo  “conspired to engage in a widespread, longstanding scheme to defraud semi-truck drivers with whom they contract to steal part of their compensation.”

“When we dug in further, it turned out that many of the drivers had actually received rate confirmation sheets, which are two-page documents that come from freight brokers and memorialize the price of the load that they hired for Super Ego. They said that they had obtained real rate confirmations from the freight brokers listing one price, and Super Ego sent them a secretly altered rate confirmation sheet reflecting a lower price,” said Chris Wilmes, shareholder, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, LTD.

“The drivers allege that they were told they would receive 88% of the load price, less a certain truck rental payment, some insurance costs, and that they would have to reimburse Super Ego for the cost of the fuel,” Wilmes explained. “The drivers allege that they were paid less than 88%. They also allege that Super Ego charged them more than their contract allowed for the price of fuel.”

Some drivers say that the fraudulent practices sometimes resulted in negative balances on their paychecks. 

“They spend all their days crossing the country, hauling and delivering loads. Many of them have been doing it for a long time, and they stay out on the road for weeks and weeks at a time,” Wilmes said. “Certain drivers allege that Super Ego would allow them to reset their clocks so they could drive over the DOT limits, and I think there are some drivers that felt the pressure to do that just so they wouldn’t end up with a negative paycheck.”

The suit is still ongoing. 60 Minutes reports that “Super Ego Holdings denies any wrongdoing. Lawyers for Super Ego Holding said it’s a leasing company, not a trucking firm, and that it is not responsible for the actions of affiliated carriers and drivers.”