Current and former employees of Total Quality Logistics say they are closely following a former colleague’s two legal actions involving the nation’s second-largest freight brokerage.
Ex-TQL broker Jacob Patterson has been embroiled in a battle against his former employer for nearly 17 months after the freight brokerage sued him in May 2021, alleging he had violated the terms of his noncompete agreement when he went to work for one of TQL’s suppliers, a small trucking company, PBJ Express, in Joplin, Missouri.
In mid-August, Patterson lodged his own suit against Cincinnati-based TQL, claiming his former employer had harmed his job prospects after he entered into employment discussions with a large insurance brokerage, USI Insurance Services. TQL is a longtime client of USI.
On Oct. 14, TQL filed suit against Patterson’s former employer, PBJ Express, separately just weeks after Clermont County, Ohio, Judge Kevin T. Miles denied the freight brokerage’s motion to amend its complaint against Patterson to add the trucking company to the noncompete lawsuit.
“If the court allows TQL to amend the complaint at this point in the case, the litigation process would effectively begin anew,” Miles said in the ruling. “This case is impacting [Patterson’s] ability to work and provide for himself, making the need for its expeditious resolution all the more urgent.”
TQL attorney Chris Brown did not return FreightWaves’ request seeking comment.
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