I don't know if this story is true, but I heard it from an instructor in orientation. There was a driver who had drug related charges against him but were several years old and had gone to rehab and passed the drug test to get hired. He ran off the road and rolled his truck. The story went that he was intoxicated and there was so much residue built up in the truck that people couldn't even go inside without getting sick. But instead of saying that he made a mistake, he turned around and sued the company and said that it was their fault, they were negligent hiring him with his history and won. I'm not sure how much he got but I know that if you have any drug related charges they do't want to give you a chance anymore. But just think if he had been high and hit another car. They might have been sued by the driver and the person he hit! :shock:

 

The problem with people that use and continue to use no matter what happens in their lives, is that beside the grave danger they pose to others, they make it really difficult for those who do change and STAY changed!!

feederfred called it "recidivism" but that is the term that applies to those that return or go back to the same behaviors.

I am a case manager that has worked with individuals that had issues with substances in the past for over 10 years. I can tell you first hand that many, many people do change their lives and maintain that change...I could really give a good BLEEP about those that are too narrow-minded or short-sighted to see that.

Alcohol is a drug - just happens to be legal - that has caused more deaths on the highway than any other drug. DUI is the the most widely committed crime in this country and the most rationalized by the perpetrators. My part-time job is at a DUI program and the folks at my other job (former substance abusers) take ownership of their behavior a lot more than the folks in the DUI program!!!

Think what you want but I consider it narrow-minded to not be able to think outside of a set of beliefs that are just that...beliefs with no foundation!! [/b]

 

I do believe "Twiligh Flyer" is correct. Here's why.

In cases where "issues of liability are concerned" the rules of evidence are far more relaxed. For one, I know that in the State of Florida the results of a "polygraph" are admissable in civil trials but not criminal. You have to remember that in lawsuits for damages....the "trial" is not 100% about who violated what law and did this or that....its a lot of "smoke and mirrors" and grandiose showmanship to sell the plaintiffs line to the 12 unsuspecting jurors...... Regardless of guilt or true fault, if the plaintiffs lawyer can get the jurors to buy the emotional damages issue....and sway them to make the verdict for him....at that point it matters not one wit who was at fault.....its all about who gets the money. And if a company shows it is lax in its "quality of hiring" policies....it automatically assumes liability. Companies are liable for the actions or their employees and agents. Thats simply the law.

Every little detail that can be turned up....can be used, and if you have a motor vehicle accident...even with a Vespa that results in damages, and the owner or driver has felony convictions especially related to drug sales and possession....the lawyer has already won half the case before he files the first motions.

Companies have to invoke limitations to protect themselves, and they do. Often times the levels of limitations on what is acceptable is up to the insurance companies.

If you have any doubts about the veracity of my comments, I recommend that you grab a phone book....and call the # of the ambulance chaser smiling at you from the back cover....ask him or her.

 

Eloquently put Skywalker...

I still don't think it's a "slam dunk," though your words are persuasive! :wink:

 

 

 

Hello to all!!! Well to all that had somthing positive to say THANK YOU!!!
We are still with CRST and doing good getting alot of miles!! (about 6500 a week, some weeks are more but never less)
For anybody else looking for a company out there that will hire someone with a felony TRL will We have been talking with someone from there and it has to have been 7 yrs or older but they don't go to Canada so I guess it don't matter! as for CRST all they did was put on our paper work No Canada!
And I hate to tell the jb hunt guy, But JB does hire felons, Because they would hire me but not my husband because his isn't 10 yrs old yet!!! so as long as it's 10 yrs old they do!!
And I just want to say I never blamed nothing on no one! I said I made a mistake and maybe it was my up bringing, as far as I didn't have my parents there to put structure in my life, so I was hung with the wrong crowd and made bad choices, At that time I didn't know they were wrong, well not wrong I didn't know it would effect my life as it has when I got older!!!! But people do change and you should not think all people are the same! Whats that saying DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT"S COVER!!!!
Also as for my rights I have all my rights except the right to have a gun and I don't care about that one I don't a gun anyways!!
And the peron that said you only have to registar with in your county if you have sex charges is right!!! or if your on some kind of supervision!!
As for my hasmat I have my sticker, I went thru everthing, app, finger printing, and I took the test and paid the money. it tast them about 4-6 weeks to mail it to you but I do have it!!!! And my husband has had his since 2002 he'll have to do everthing i did if he wants to get it again.
So once again thank you to everyone that had some thing positive to say!! And I guess the others will keep this forum going because they have nothing better to do with thier lives!! :lol:

 

Gee, who do you think would know more about this....Me, who has been hiring drivers for JB for many many years, or you?
Sorry, you would be wrong. WE (JB) will NOT hire anyone with a drug or violent related felony EVER. I dont care if your possession felony is 35 years old...You are still not going to be hired. Consider yourself lucky that CRST hired you and stick around there.

 

Absolutely right... you can not have a drug-related or violent felony with JB Hunt - take it from their recruiter!

What he's wrong about however, is that there are plenty of good companies who do hire them as long as they're over 7 to 10 years old - depending on the company. I wish people would get off their damn high horses and judgement and quit sentencing people to a lifetime of doom and failure...no wonder there's such a recidivism rate!!

Peace to all and stay out of glass houses... ops:

 

Thanks Tbrown for that post. All those people out there who have never anything wrong is amazing. (probably never just got caught)