USDOL/OALJ Reporter: Whistleblower Decisions
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT -- 2005 STA

2005-STA-1 Husen v. LLK Transport Inc.

  • Order of Dismissal Without Prejudice (ALJ Apr. 24, 2006) (Edward Terhune Miller) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Feb. 28, 2007) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-2 Melton v. Yellow Transportation, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Feb. 2, 2006) (Patrick M. Rosenow) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Sept. 30, 2008) PDF | HTML
  • Melton v. USDOL , No. 08-4441 (6th Cir. Apr. 20, 2010) (per curiam) (unpublished) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-3 Drake v. Yellow Transportation

  • Recommended Order Dismissing Request for Hearing (ALJ Mar. 2, 2005) (Richard K. Malamphy) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Withdrawal of Objections to OSHA's Findings (ARB July 14, 2006) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-4 Stevens v. Container Port Group

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement (ALJ Nov. 25, 2005) (Michael P. Lesniak) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint with Prejudice (ARB Jan. 24, 2005) PDF

2005-STA-5 Baughman v. J.P. Donmoyer, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ June 3, 2005) (Ralph A. Romano) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Sept. 28, 2007) PDF | HTML
  • Order Reissuing Case (ARB Oct. 31, 2007) PDF | HTML
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Oct. 31, 2007) (reissuance with corrections to penultimate paragraph) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-6 Montgomery v. Jack in the Box

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ July 21, 2005) (C. Richard Avery) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Oct. 31, 2007) PDF | HTML
  • Order Denying Reconsideration (ARB June 13, 2008) PDF | HTML
  • Montgomery v. USDOL , No. 08-60716 (5th Cir. Oct. 2, 2009) (unpublished) (affirming the ARB) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-7 Pike v. Interstate Brands Companies

  • Recommended Decision & Order of Dismissal (ALJ Apr. 17, 2009) (William Dorsey) PDF

2005-STA-8 Husen v. Wide Open Trucking, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Awarding Default Judgment (ALJ June 23, 2005) (Clement J. Kennington) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB June 29, 2006) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-9 Frausto v. Beall Concrete Enterprises, Ltd.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ June 29, 2005) (Clement J. Kennington) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Aug. 24, 2007) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-10 Karoly v. Brink's Inc.

  • Order Dismissing Case (ALJ Oct. 19, 2006) (Jennifer Gee) PDF
  • Order of Remand (ARB Sept. 29, 2008) PDF | HTML
  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Case (ALJ Apr. 20, 2009) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order Approving Settlement and Dismissing Appeal (ARB Mar. 8, 2011) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-11 Fraley v. Transervice Logistics, Inc.

  • Order of Remand (ALJ May 20, 2005) (Daniel J. Roketenetz) PDF
  • Order Vacating Remand (ALJ June 27, 2005) PDF
  • Decision & Order Recommending Approval of Settlement Agreement (ALJ June 28, 2005) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Sept. 29, 2005) PDF

2005-STA-12 Davis v. MTL of the Southeast, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Sept. 12, 2005) (Daniel A. Sarno, Jr.) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Mar. 30, 2006) PDF

2005-STA-13 Wentworth v. We Care Transportation, LLC

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Apr. 4, 2006) (Richard T. Stansell-Gamm) PDF
  • Errata (ARB Jan. 16, 2007) PDF | HTM
  • Final Decision and Order Approving Settlement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Jan. 16, 2007) (reissue of Dec. 14, 2006 decision) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-14 Rose v. ATA Vancom, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Case & Vacating Trial (ALJ May 16, 2005) (Gerald Michael Etchingham) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Aug. 31, 2006) HTML | PDF

2005-STA-15 Ayers v. Ryder Systems, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement (ALJ Oct. 25, 2005) (Richard D. Mills) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Mar. 23, 2006) PDF

2005-STA-16 Dendy v. Har-Con Construction Corp.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Granting Summary Decision (ALJ June 28, 2005) (Lee J. Romero, Jr.) PDF
  • Decision and Order of Remand (ARB July 31, 2007) PDF | HTML
  • Recommended Order of Dismissal (ALJ Jan. 24, 2008) PDF
  • Final Decision and Dismissal Order (ARB Feb. 27, 2009) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-17 Pardis v. B & I Auto Supply

  • Recommended Order Approving Withdrawal of Objections & Dismissing Claim (ALJ June 2, 2005) (Michael P. Lesniak) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Mar. 27, 2006) PDF

2005-STA-18 Norman v. Wiley Sanders Truck Lines, Inc.

  • Recommended Order Approving Settlement (ALJ June 29, 2005) (Larry W. Price) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Mar. 29, 2006) PDF

2005-STA-19 Glover v. Armadillo Express

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Oct. 7, 2005) (Jennifer Gee) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Dec. 31, 2007) PDF | HTM
  • Glover v. USDOL , No. 08-9522 (10th Cir. Sept. 2, 2008) (order granting stipulated voluntary dismissal) PDF

2005-STA-20 Miller v. Basic Drilling Co.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint As Untimely (ALJ June 7, 2005) (Paul A. Mapes) PDF
  • Order of Remand (ARB Aug. 30, 2007) PDF | HTM
  • Order Referring Case to OSHA (ALJ June 25, 2008) (Steven B. Berlin) PDF
  • Recommended Order of Dismissal (ALJ Jan. 20, 2009) (Steven B. Berlin) PDF
  • Final Order of Dismissal (ARB Feb. 26, 2010) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-21 Gage v. Scarsella Brothers, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Case (ALJ Apr. 22, 2005) (Gerald M. Etchingham) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Aug. 31, 2006) HTML | PDF

2005-STA-22 Sicard v. Nimbus Landscaping Materials, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement (ALJ Mar. 29, 2005) (Alexander Karst) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Mar. 29, 2006) PDF

2005-STA-23 Jackson v. Logistics Services, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement (ALJ Aug. 25, 2005) (Robert L. Hillyard) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Mar. 30, 2006) PDF

2005-STA-24 Johnson v. Rocket City Drywall

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ July 22, 2005) (Patrick M. Rosenow) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Jan. 31, 2007) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-25 Carpentier v. Ace World Wide Air Freight Co., Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint (ALJ June 29, 2005) (Edward Terhune Miller) PDF

2005-STA-26 Drake v. Yellow Transportation, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Stipulation of Dismissal Without Prejudice (ALJ June 9, 2005) (Larry W. Price) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Stipulation of Dismissal Without Prejudice (ARB July 18, 2006) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-27 Williams v. Capitol Entertainment Services, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Aug. 4, 2005) (Janice K. Bullard) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Affirming, In Part, & Remanding, In Part (ARB Dec. 31, 2007) PDF | HTM
  • Recommended Decision & Order on Remand (ALJ June 23, 2008) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Apr. 7, 2010) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-28 Estes v. First Express, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ May 15, 2006) (Daniel A. Sarno, Jr.) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order Approving Settlement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Mar. 5, 2007) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-29 Bates v. USF Reddaway, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ June 1, 2007) (Anne Beytin Torkington) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB May 20, 2009) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-30 Holmes v. Roadway Express Inc.

  • Order of Withdrawal (ALJ June 15, 2005) (Jeffrey Tureck) PDF
  • Final Decision and Dismissal Order (ARB Apr. 28, 2006) PDF

2005-STA-31 Mc Andrews v. Airborne Express

  • Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Claim (ALJ June 30, 2005) (Paul H. Teitler) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order Approving Settlement and Dismissing Complaint (ARB Sept. 28, 2005) PDF

2005-STA-32 Bloodworth v. B & K Transportation

  • Recommended Order Approving Settlement (ALJ Oct. 11, 2005) (Jeffrey Tureck) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Mar. 31, 2006) PDF

2005-STA-33 Howard v. Cool Express, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Oct. 25, 2005) (Joseph E. Kane) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order of Dismissal (ARB Feb. 28, 2007) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-34 Reeves v. Old Dominion Freight Line

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ July 15, 2005) (Anne Beytin Torkington) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Sept. 28, 2007) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-35 Hobson v. Combined Transport, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Nov. 10, 2005) (Daniel F. Solomon) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Jan. 31, 2008) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-36 Elbert v. True Value Co.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Nov. 16, 2006) (Alice M. Craft) PDF
  • Elbert v. True Value Co. , No. 07-CV-3629 (D.Minn. Dec. 11, 2007) (Memorandum and Order) PDF | HTML
  • Elbert v. True Value Co. , No. 08-1222 (8th Cir. Dec. 19, 2008) (affirming district court) PDF | HTM
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Dec. 18, 2009) PDF | HTM
  • Order Denying Reconsideration (ARB Nov. 24, 2010) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-37 Ramirez v. Frito-Lay, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Dec. 7, 2005) (C. Richard Avery) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Nov. 30, 2006) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-38 Bronski v. Riser Foods, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ June 29, 2007) (Donald W. Mosser) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB July 15, 2009) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-39 Hinds v. Ore-Cal Livestock, Inc.

  • Recommended Order Approving Settlement & Recommending Dismissal (ALJ Sept. 30, 2005) (Gerald M. Etchingham) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Mar. 29, 2006) PDF

2005-STA-40 Simon v. Sancken Trucking Co.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Jan. 11, 2006) (Daniel L. Leland) PDF
  • Chao v. Sancken Trucking, Inc. , No. 06-C-2890 (N.D.Ill. Aug. 17, 2006) (Memorandum Opinion [granting DOL's motion for preliminary injunction to enforce ALJ's reinstatement order) PDF | HTML
  • Final Decision & Order (ARB Nov. 30, 2007) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-41 Isenmann v. Carthae Specialty Pallet Co.

  • Order Recommending Approval of Settlement Agreement & Dismissal of Case With Prejudice (ALJ Oct. 19, 2005) (Daniel F. Solomon) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Mar. 23, 2006) PDF

2005-STA-42 Davis v. Fonda Kaye, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Request for Hearing (ALJ Sept. 14, 2005) (Richard K. Malamphy) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Jan. 31, 2007) (ARB Sept. 27, 2005) PDF

2005-STA-43 Bosanko v. Southern Refrigerated Transport, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement (ALJ Sept. 18, 2006) (Alexander Karst) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order Approving Settlement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice PDF | HTM

2005-STA-44 Jackson v. Smedema Trucking, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Granting Respondent's Motion for Summary Decision (ALJ Oct. 16, 2006) (Thomas F. Phalen, Jr.) PDF
  • Order of Consolidation and Final Decision and Order (ARB Sept. 30, 2008) PDF | HTML
  • [consolidated with 2006-STA-36]

2005-STA-45 Guay v. Burford's Tree Surgeon, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ July 20, 2006) (Linda S. Chapman) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB June 30, 2008) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-46 Farrar v. Roadway Express

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint As Untimely Filed (ALJ Oct. 3, 2005) (Edward Terhune Miller) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order of Remand (ARB Apr. 25, 2007) PDF | HTML
  • Recommended Decision & Order on Remand Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Nov. 1, 2007) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Sept. 14, 2009) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-47 Fletcher v. Morristown Driving Service

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Complainant's Case (ALJ Aug. 20, 2007) (Richard K. Malamphy) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order Dismissing Complaint (ARB Mar. 27, 2009) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-48 Jackson v. 5 R Processors, Ltd.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement (ALJ Sept. 27, 2005) (Thomas F. Phalen, Jr.) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement Agreement (ARB Oct. 28, 2005) PDF

2005-STA-49 Mouser v. Hoovestol, Inc.

  • Order Recommending Approval of Settlement Agreement & Dismissal of Case With Prejudice (ALJ Dec. 21, 2005) (Daniel F. Solomon) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Mar. 23, 2006) PDF

2005-STA-50 Holland v. Ambassador Limousine/Ritz Transportation

  • Recommended Order Granting Motion for Summary Decision (ALJ Oct. 19, 2006) (Paul Mapes) PDF
  • Order of Remand (ARB Oct. 31, 2008) PDF | HTM
  • Decision and Order Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Oct. 28, 2010) (Gee) PDF

2005-STA-51 Israel v. Schneider National Carriers, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ Jan. 17, 2006) (Janice K. Bullard) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order of Remand (ARB July 31, 2008) PDF | HTML
  • Recommended Decision & Order on Remand (ALJ June 29, 2009) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Nov. 17, 2011) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-52 Andrews v. Griffin Industries, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing Claim (ALJ Dec. 8, 2006) (Pamela Lakes Wood) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Dec. 31, 2008) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-53 Skipper v. SAIA Motor Freight

  • Recommended Order Approving Settlement (ALJ June 14, 2006) (Clement J. Kennington) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint (ARB Feb. 27, 2007) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-54 Toland v. Pro Drivers

  • Recommended Order Approving Settlement (ALJ May 23, 2006) (Joseph E. Kane) PDF
  • Final Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint (ARB Nov. 30, 2006) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-55 Calmeyn v. The Boise Transportation Co.

  • Recommended Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Feb. 27, 2006) (Richard A. Morgan) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order Approving Settlement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Dec. 13, 2006) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-56 Gilbert v. McElroy Truck Lines, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision Approving Settlement (ALJ Jan. 31, 2006)(Larry W. Price) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Cmoplaint With Prejudice (ARB Nov. 29, 2006) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-57 Deloach v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint (ALJ Aug. 16, 2006)(Daniel A. Sarno, Jr.) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Feb. 27, 2007) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-58 Rippley v. (NES) National Equipment Services, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Dismissing the Case (ALJ Nov. 14, 2005) (Robert D. Kaplan) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Dismissing Complaint (ARB Feb. 27, 2007) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-59 Wilson v. Martin Transportation Systems

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement (ALJ May 10, 2006) (Alice M. Craft) PDF
  • Final Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Feb. 27, 2007) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-60 Muzyk v. Carlsward Transportation

  • Decision & Order (ALJ Sept. 13, 2006) (Stuart A. Levin) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Sept. 28, 2007) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-61 Rowe v. Atlantic Coast Contracting, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Approving Settlement & Dismissing Complaint (ALJ July 28, 2006) (Daniel A. Sarno, Jr.) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order Approving Settlement and Dismissing Complaint With Prejudice (ARB Dec. 15, 2006) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-62 Hubbard v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

  • Order Vacating Hearing & Dismissing Case (ALJ Nov. 17, 2005) (Jennifer Gee) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Dec. 21, 2007) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-63 Carter v. Marten Transport, Ltd.

  • Recommended Decision & Order (ALJ May 6, 2006) (Daniel F. Solomon) PDF
  • Amended Recommended Decision & Order Awarding Damages and Ordering Reinstatement (ALJ May 18, 2006) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB June 30, 2008) PDF | HTML

2005-STA-64 Marziano v. Kids Bus Service, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order of Default Judgment (ALJ Mar. 7, 2006) (Thomas M. Burke) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB Dec. 29, 2006) PDF | HTM

2005-STA-65 White v. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

  • Recommended Decision & Order Granting Summary Decision (ALJ Feb. 22, 2006) (Larry W. Price) PDF
  • Final Decision and Order (ARB May 30, 2008) PDF | HTML