A California seafood company says it was shellshocked to learn the ten tons of cooked and raw Maine lobster it had ordered was stolen after it left an Everett warehouse and is now suing the trucking company it says shares the blame for the homerus heist.
In a lawsuit filed this week in US District Court in Boston, Maxfield Seafood of City of Industry, CA, charges that Seneca Logistics Group of Tiffin, OH failed to properly vet the driver who was supposed to drive a truckload of clawless lobsters from the Everett freezer facility to the West Coast on Dec. 15.
According to Maxfield's lobster tale, the driver, in the employ of a third-party trucking company Seneca hired, picked up the lobster in Everett on Dec. 15. Five days later, Seneca called Maxfield to report the truck - and driver - had disappeared.
In the suit, Maxfield alleges Seneca failed to properly check either the subcontracting company's or the driver's background:
Upon information and belief, Seneca made no efforts to vet Mr. Perez or Rapid's background or credentials, or otherwise ensure the Lobster would be transported as promised by Seneca to Maxfield.
Maxfield is seeking the $318,000 it claims it lost when the lobster disappeared, along with interest, penalties, and legal fees.
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I read last month about this
By Bugs Bunny
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 10:11am
I read last month about this happening with the walnut industry in CA....the driver isn't properly screened to transport the cargo and off they go. I hope this lobster company gets a clawback of the $318,000.
I know where it went
By anon
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 10:17am
Same place as the maple syrup.
How do both a driver and a truck just disappear?
By Neal
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 11:49am
Maybe they should have buttered the driver up. Still, it's a wonder that they haven't cracked the case yet.
you can
By geep9
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 11:42am
understand why they're steamed
Is Seneca a shell corporation?
By MrZip
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 12:08pm
What a bunch of bottom feeders!
He hit rock-bottom and high
By JSwift
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 12:18pm
He hit rock-bottom and high-tailed it outa here...
Here today ...
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 12:38pm
Gone Tomalley!
Drivers Spouse
By Carndogs
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 12:48pm
I heard the drivers wife had a job at the RMV but lobster job.
Are the insurance companies driving this suit?
By Lecil
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 2:09pm
I hope the shipping companies had insurance to cover theft. Perhaps this is Seneca or the sub-contractor's insurance company going through the motions...?
Something
By Stephen Bickerton Sr
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 3:59pm
very fishy about this
In other news....
By merlinmurph
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 6:32pm
A truck containing 10 tons of butter has gone missing.
Sounds like something out of GoodFellas
By anon
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 11:14pm
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