A married couple from New Orleans have been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for their role in a 2015 staged accident with a tractor-trailer.

C.R. England is implementing the largest overall percentage driver-pay increase in its history, the carrier announced April 22.

C.R. England on Feb. 9 filed a sweeping federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act civil lawsuit alleging that a New Orleans law firm and six co-conspirators were paid a total of $4.7 million in a fraudulent settlement for a staged accident with an England tractor-trailer in 2015.

Executives from C.R. England and XPO Logistics said their customers are looking for stable, nimble and innovative partners to help them navigate an economic environment that remains uncertain several months into the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the video from the TT/CQ Roll Call Symposium.

No trucking company has a longer history of keeping the business in the family than C.R. England Inc.

C.R. England Inc. has reached a $37.8 million settlement with a group of drivers who claim the company fraudulently recruited them to participate in a truck lease-to-own program and then saddled them with high-interest loans that made it difficult to succeed.

Brandon Harrison, C.R. England's chief sales officer, recently completed his second trip as part of the company's CDL training program. Follow his journey with the digital diary he provided Transport Topics.

More than three dozen managers and front-office employees at C.R. England Inc. have taken classes to earn a commercial driver license at the request of CEO Chad England, who said he believes the experience of learning to drive big rigs will help the company be more responsive to the needs of drivers.

C.R. England Inc. will raise the pay of its over-the-road drivers with an increase tallying about $11 million annually. The carrier said it is the largest driver compensation increase in the firm’s 98-year history and will impact about 60% of its drivers.