re: Dems to filibuster Gorsuch

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Maddin was the freezing truck driver. The brakes in his truck froze and he called to have a repair truck sent out. He fell asleep while waiting and because of the sub-zero temperate and the broken heater in the truck, he started to suffer from hydrothemia

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I am assuming you meant the brakes on his trailer froze, and not on the truck. Otherwise he wouldn't be able to unhook and drive off. Was he an owner-operator or was he a company driver? Standard procedure for an unauthorized drop is firing, and that is usually dictated by the cargo insurance. I would think this would be an extreme situation though.

Do you have a link to the story?

ETA: I found the story. I personally wouldn't fire a guy over those circumstances, but that's me. I have also worked in transportation for nearly 20 years and have never been sued.