Transport Topics (February 11, 2021)
Utah-based motor carrier C.R. England this week filed a civil lawsuit alleging that a New Orleans law firm and six co-conspirators were paid nearly $5 million in a fraudulent settlement for a staged accident. The accident in question involved a C.R. England tractor-trailer in 2015. The 98-page lawsuit includes allegations that several groups participated in a total of 150 staged accidents with tractor-trailers from 2015 to 2018 in the New Orleans area. To date, 33 individuals have been indicted in the scheme, and 15 have pleaded guilty for participating in staged accidents.