New lawsuit alleges R&R and RFX failed to pay $264,000 in freight bills

As carriers continue to wonder why invoices from the R&R group of companies and related entities suddenly went unpaid, a recently filed lawsuit in Texas adds detail to allegations that the brokerage units continued to bid on freight amid growing financial difficulties.

A complaint filed Jan. 23 by Jimenez Logistics LLC in Hidalgo County, Texas, alleges that R&R Express Inc. and RFX Inc., subsidiaries of the R&R family of companies, failed to pay for transportation services arranged in 2025 and early 2026, despite repeated requests for payment.

According to the lawsuit, Jimenez Logistics arranged and prepaid motor carriers for shipments at the request of R&R Express and RFX, relying on representations that the invoices would be paid. The complaint alleges that bills totaling approximately $264,650 remain unpaid.

The defendants have not publicly responded to the allegations.

Pittsburgh-based R&R Family of Companies is a logistics and transportation provider that at one time owned dozens of affiliated entities, including R&R Express, RFX LLC, Taylor Express, Giant Energy Solutions, Paradigm Transportation and GT Worldwide Logistics.

RFX LLC, based in Houston, was a trucking and shipping company providing refrigerated transportation throughout the United States.

The Jimenez Logistics case is one of several lawsuits filed against entities affiliated with R&R following the company’s operational shutdown earlier this month.

As FreightWaves previously reported, a separate Florida lawsuit filed by a major lender alleges that the R&R family of companies continued to operate while insolvent and had accumulated tens of millions of dollars in unpaid business debts, a category that includes carrier invoices as well as other supplier obligations.

Carriers and brokers have continued to post information about unpaid balances online, while others attempt to obtain payment directly from shippers.x

Jimenez Logistics alleges that when the freight was offered, the defendants knew – or should have known – that they did not have the ability to pay for the services, but nevertheless continued to arrange transportation.

The lawsuit asserts claims including breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, negligent misrepresentation and unjust enrichment.

The complaint further alleges that R&R Express exercised operational and financial control over RFX, arguing that the two entities operated as one business.

A former RFX employee interviewed by FreightWaves said most RFX employees were not aware of the severity of R&R’s financial problems until very late, unlike staff at the Pittsburgh headquarters who saw warning signs earlier.

“We didn’t have the same visibility,” explains the former employee. “The message we constantly received was that the situation was under control, that assets would be sold, debts would be paid and ratings would go up. But carrier salaries kept getting worse.”

According to the former employee, sales teams continued to reassure carriers and shippers based on information from senior management – ​​only to learn that many invoices were not being paid.

“It put agents and salespeople directly in the crosshairs,” the former employee said. “Carriers were coming to us. Shippers were calling us. Relationships that had taken years to build were destroyed almost overnight.”

On January 11, RFX CEO Nate Lourie shared a social media post stating that his role at the R&R-owned company had ended. The RFX employee interviewed by FreightWaves said this was around the same time workers learned RFX was ceasing operations.

The former RFX employee said the collapse left many agents in “rebuild mode,” struggling to maintain credibility with customers after shippers were approached by unpaid carriers seeking direct payment.

In a previous article, FreightWaves reported that court filings allege that R&R and its affiliates accumulated as much as $65 million in unpaid business debts before collapsing — a figure that includes unpaid invoices to carriers, brokers and suppliers.

For many small trucking companies, the consequences were immediate.

“The bond is only $75,000,” the former RFX employee said, referring to the FMCSA freight broker bond required by federal law. “That gets eaten up quickly. After that, carriers have to chase payment from shippers or absorb the loss.”

FreightWaves has repeatedly requested comment from the R&R family of companies, R&R Express and RFX regarding the Jimenez Logistics lawsuit and related litigation, but has not received a response. No bankruptcy filings have been confirmed at the time of publication.

The Jimenez Logistics case remains pending.

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