Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Joplin truck driver cheated out of $40,000

If Joplin truck driver Darrell Blankenship wants to get the $40,000 a Mahomet, Ill., based company owes him, it won't be through a forced bankruptcy.
The Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette reports Blankenship testified Tuesday during a five-hour trial in U. S. Bankruptcy Court. The judge eventually said he and three other truck drivers who claim they are owed money by the now-defunct Roberson Transportation will have to get it through other means...if they get it at all.
It was noted during the trial that the company had closed its doors because of financial problems, yet owner Roger Roberson appears to have a great deal of personal wealth.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

A friend of mine worked for a company like that. The owner had a nice house and always having work done on it and a new in ground pool put in, then told everyone they didn't have jobs. They didn't have to pay vacation, etc. She didn't appear to lose anything, but her employees did - bounced paychecks, etc. I feel sorry for the guy. My friend was really hurt/disillusionioned by her employer.