EPISODE · Apr 27, 2026 · 7 MIN
Topic: Amazon Subcontractors; Topic: Liability
from The Charlie James Show Podcast
In the second segment of the third hour on Monday, April 27, 2026, The Charlie James Show explored the legal and financial risks of joint liability involving Amazon's Delivery Service Partners (DSPs) and subcontractors. Charlie James discussed how Amazon has historically used its subcontractor model to shield itself from liability for accidents and wage violations, highlighting a recent $44 million verdict in South Carolina where a jury held the company vicariously liable for a driver's negligence. The segment emphasized that the National Labor Relations Board and various court rulings are increasingly challenging this "independent contractor" playbook, potentially exposing Amazon and other large entities to massive joint-employer liabilities for the actions of their third-party logistics partners.
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00:00 i welcome back to the program that's going to joshua uh... uh... in inclined how you doing joshua i'm doing good arm i don't know much about the legal aspect of the delivery driver thing but i am an amazon delivery driver myself uh... and with when it comes to amazon delivery drivers not on actually work for amazon we are either work for a d s p or they have a thing called flex drivers and what it was a what is a flex driver 00:29 It's like a door dasher basically. Okay. Okay. But yeah, that's, that's all I know about it. I don't know about the legal aspect of it, but I just figured I'd throw that out there. Yeah. Well, you're telling me something I didn't know. I appreciate it, Joshua, cause I thought all the Amazon drivers, you know, they come through the neighborhood and the blue gray truck and they got the uniform on and all of that. thought they all worked for Amazon. 00:56 JJ's being crazy. Let's go to Jeremy and easily Jeremy, welcome. Hello, how are you? Good, what's up man? 01:07 really this conversation okay uh 01:13 I guess, and everything's been accurate, the problem I have is the homeowner's insurance uh comment. Yeah. That raises your premium. That's what I was wondering. Or they will cancel you, either or. And we're talking about two elderly folks that uh can't afford it to go up any more than what it already is, much less have it canceled on. Right. uh Not to mention, they weren't home when this took place. Nobody knew. 01:42 that this even took place. uh There was no reports, no CMS, no police report, you know, nothing to let them know that this has taken place on their property until they received the letter Saturday that they're oh looking at being sued for this. 02:01 So, so let me ask you something without naming names. Is this a reputable law firm? It is. Really? It is. And they're suing your mother-in-law. How old is she, by the way? She is 65. My father-in-law is 85, both of them in poor health right now. Yeah. But they're going after their homeowner's insurance. And, you know, I've worked with a 02:30 We're contractors, Greg and I are contractors, um we've had, we carry workers comp, we've had claims go against our workers comp before that was bogus, but our workers comp paid it because it was cheaper to pay it than to fight it. Yeah. May be the case for them, but when our premium is the one that goes up, it's not cheaper for us. Right. So, so are they claiming it was ICE or are they claiming it was a, are they claiming anything? 02:59 They didn't give any information other than they won't. ah 03:05 and insurance information and any that anything that they do to they can't do anything to the driveway or lighting. I didn't understand that part of the letter because there's no light. It's just a carport is a driveway that goes up to a carport as a sidewalk. You know, it's all concrete. Yeah. And the day this package was delivered, you know, we were out at the time. So 03:34 nobody was there to even know you know i don't there's neighbors that are all around the home of tennis subdivisions so they would have been an ambulance scene this lady's supposedly you know broker here and too two places i don't know many people to break their hips into places that can get a walk away from that yeah yes you would think an ambulance or something would have been involved 03:57 I mean, I think the biggest thing is the public don't know that this could take place to them. All these people that are getting Amazon packages on a daily basis have no idea they could be sued and not even be there. Never know what happened. Hey, listen, Jeremy, keep us updated about what's happening here. 04:26 We're going to David next JJ. We're to go to I appreciate it Jeremy. Thank you very much. Go to David and Taylor's David. You got any insight here? I I do I used to uh work for a delivery company. I worked for uh one of the big ones. You know the brown one there and uh I was in their uh safety committ ...
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