PYNQ v. FedEx Ground

PYNQ Logistics Services, Inc. v. FedEx Ground Package Systems, Inc.

United States District Court (Northern District of California)

Case: 4:23-cv-05881

The Plaintiff, PYNQ Logistics Systems, Inc. (“PYNQ”) is a women-minority owned small business that was contracted with FedEx Ground to deliver packages in rural coastal communities near the California-Oregon working out of FedEx Ground’s Arcata, California and Brookings, Oregon Stations. The complaint alleges that PYNQ lost its business as a result of unfair treatment and deceptive practices that are widespread and embedded throughout the delivery giant’s business model, according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on November 14, 2023.

The complaint also alleges that FedEx Ground’s conduct rises to a level that the Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) applies, along with allegations of violating California’s Unfair Competition Law, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation, among others. The lawsuit was filed by Possinger Law Group, PLLC of Woodinville, WA and Berman North, LLP, San Francisco, CA.

This groundbreaking case, brining Civil RICO claims against FedEx, which conducts its “last mile” of package and delivery services through a fleet of more than 100,000 vehicles owned or leased by a network of small businesses that FedEx Ground calls “Independent Service Providers” (“ISPs”) caught the attention of both the media and other FedEx Contractors around the United States.