Five@slrpnk.net to Chicago@midwest.socialEnglish · 8 days agoMurdered CEO owed “substantial amount of money” to cancer-stricken driver who killed him, records showcdllife.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down11
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkMurdered CEO owed “substantial amount of money” to cancer-stricken driver who killed him, records showcdllife.comFive@slrpnk.net to Chicago@midwest.socialEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·8 days agoSo, it’s a trucking company that was going bankrupt and the driver was a semi truck driver, and it might have been wages. Because I immediately thought of a CEO getting merc’d by their chauffeur…
minus-squareFive@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·8 days agoIt’s a trucking company that the CEO lied was going bankrupt, as an excuse not to pay a cancer-stricken trucker. There are no records of ATG Truckload formally filing for bankruptcy.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 days agoNot trying to defend the company or CEO. It’s just very different than the image the headline paints
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agobankruptcy proceedings are the last step. you can be insolvent for a minute or two first. also, in no way defending the CEO, I know nothing about the situation.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days ago I immediately thought of a CEO getting merc’d by their chauffeur… That was my same thought too.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 days agoCan’t really blame them for the headline because it’s accurate, but they knew what would get clicks.
So, it’s a trucking company that was going bankrupt and the driver was a semi truck driver, and it might have been wages.
Because I immediately thought of a CEO getting merc’d by their chauffeur…
It’s a trucking company that the CEO lied was going bankrupt, as an excuse not to pay a cancer-stricken trucker.
Not trying to defend the company or CEO.
It’s just very different than the image the headline paints
bankruptcy proceedings are the last step. you can be insolvent for a minute or two first.
also, in no way defending the CEO, I know nothing about the situation.
That was my same thought too.
Can’t really blame them for the headline because it’s accurate, but they knew what would get clicks.