A California truck driver filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against his trucking company as well as the company’s fleet management technology provider.
Earlier this year, Rodrigo Garcia filed suit against Figueroa Tank Lines and Samsara, Inc., a technology company providing electronic logging devices (ELDs), in-cab cameras, artificial-intelligence-assisted video monitoring, and data analytics systems.
According to the complaint, Garcia was hired by Figueroa as a fuel truck driver on December 1, 2024.
Garcia was terminated on August 4, 2025, just three days after receiving a written warning alleging that he had used a cellphone while driving and covered the in-cab camera. The company terminated Garcia for the phone violation after he refused to sign the write-up.
Garcia alleges that the termination was in part retaliation for his protected Whistleblower reporting of safety violations.
According to the suit, within a few months of beginning his employment, Garcia reported the following equipment issues to supervisors and management:
Garcia said that when he reported these issues, he was told he was “exaggerating safety risks” and that he was pressured to continue driving unsafe...
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