Jacobs v. Central Transport Inc‪.‬

The plaintiffs are 21 current and former lease operators for Central Transport, Inc. ("Central Transport"), a trucking company based in High Point, North Carolina. As lease operators, the plaintiffs were independent contractors, not employees of Central Transport. The plaintiffs owned and operated their own tractors and hauled a variety of bulk commodities in trailers provided by Central Transport. The plaintiffs entered into a series of standard equipment leases with Central Transport; each lease did not govern a particular trip, but all trips made by the lease operator during the lease period. The 21 plaintiffs reside in various states and operated out of Central Transport terminals across the eastern United States.