David White v. Empire Express, Inc. and Empire Transportation, Inc.

OPINION

in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S., and J. STEVEN STAFFORD, J., joined.

The case involves a lease-purchase agreement. The plaintiff is a truck driver. The co-defendants are two affiliated companies — a truckload hauling company and a leasing company. The plaintiff truck driver worked for the hauling company. The truck driver entered into a lease-purchase agreement with the leasing company to purchase the truck he drove in his work for the hauling company. His lease payments on the truck were made via weekly payroll deductions; the hauling company deducted the amount of the lease…