Lawsuit: NC fuel companies mixed contaminated gas into clean loads, sold at more than 130 stations

Two North Carolina men allege in a federal class-action lawsuit that a Winston-Salem fuel distributor and its trucking affiliate spent at least a decade secretly blending contaminated fuel into clean loads and selling the mixture to unsuspecting drivers at more than 130 gas stations across the state.

Lawsuit: NC fuel companies mixed contaminated gas into clean loads, sold at more than 130 stations

TL;DR

  • A federal class-action lawsuit has been filed by two North Carolina men.
  • The suit alleges a Winston-Salem fuel distributor and its trucking affiliate secretly blended contaminated fuel into clean loads.
  • This practice allegedly occurred for at least a decade.
  • The contaminated mixture was reportedly sold to drivers at more than 130 gas stations across North Carolina.