A Florida-based motor service is accusing RFX, LLC and R&R Categorical, Inc., subsidiaries of R&R Household of Firms, of failing to pay for greater than 600 accomplished freight shipments, based on a federal lawsuit filed Jan. 22.
The criticism, Vantage Provider LLC v. RFX, LLC et al., was filed within the U.S. District Court docket for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the venue specified within the events’ broker-carrier settlement.
Vantage alleges it hauled freight for RFX and R&R Categorical all through 2025 beneath a contract requiring fee inside 30 days of bill and proof of supply, however was by no means paid for a whole bunch of shipments.
In line with the submitting, unpaid invoices gathered over the course of the yr and finally totaled greater than $1.34 million, excluding curiosity and prices. Vantage asserts claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment and accounts said.
The lawsuit goes past nonpayment allegations, claiming that RFX and R&R Categorical operated as a single enterprise, sharing workplaces, staff, property and e mail infrastructure on the identical Commerce Drive handle in Pittsburgh.
The Vantage Provider LLC criticism additional alleges RFX was undercapitalized and that funds have been siphoned internally whereas service invoices remained unpaid.
The case marks at the very least the third carrier-related lawsuit filed in opposition to R&R-affiliated entities in latest weeks, following earlier actions by Jimenez Logistics and lender Huntington Nationwide Financial institution.
An proprietor of a Texas-based motor service, who requested anonymity, informed FreightWaves that his firm stopped receiving funds from RFX in September 2025 regardless of persevering with to haul hundreds.
“Up till then, funds had been common,” the service stated. “Then they simply stopped. I saved calling and emailing and obtained nothing again.”
The service stated 5 invoices totaling roughly $2,500 stay unpaid, and that the dealer he had handled for months abruptly left RFX, telling him he was being harassed over fee points.
Whereas the greenback quantity in that case is smaller in contrast with the Vantage lawsuit, the service stated the expertise highlights the vulnerability of small operators when brokers fail.
“I don’t perceive how an organization this massive solely has a $75,000 bond,” he stated. “For a small service, even just a few thousand {dollars} can damage.”
The Vantage lawsuit comes as court docket filings in a separate Florida case allege R&R and affiliated debtors gathered as a lot as $65 million in unpaid commerce payables whereas persevering with to function by way of late 2025. These payables primarily embody unpaid service and factoring firm claims, based on the submitting.
