This suit and the others stem from federal allegations against the truck stop company and fuel provider that it defrauded trucking companies out of tens of millions of dollars over at least a seven-year period. The lawsuit says Pilot, its owners, executives and salespeople of “willfully devised and conspired to devise a scheme to defraud Pilot’s customer Osborn by deceptively reducing rebate amounts and deceptively changing agreed-upon diesel price discounts.”
The carrier is suing for breach of contract, conversion, unjust enrichment, promissory fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, deceit and violation of the consumer protection laws and is seeking restitution, compensatory and punitive damages, an order for Pilot to stop engaging in such practices and attorney’s fees. Osborn is also seeking a jury trial.