Federal judge tosses some claims against Super Ego exec Aleksandar Mimic Settlement talks in trucking network suit reportedly moving forward in big way
Last week, U.S. District Judge Martha Pacold for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed several counts in a lawsuit against Mimic and a network of companies connected to him in an order. The case was originally filed by multiple drivers in 2022 and amended in 2025.
Four counts involving Mimic were dismissed without prejudice, meaning they could be brought again in an amended complaint.
One claim, Count II, was dismissed with prejudice, so it could not be refiled. That count involved Super Ego’s practices under the federal Truth in Leasing Act.
Judge Pacold said Count II was being dismissed with prejudice “to the extent it is predicated on an aiding and abetting theory.” Her terse order gave no further explanation.
Whether the claims dismissed without prejudice will be brought again is not clear.
“Significant progress” in settlement negotiations
The court development came after a report by the clerk that the parties had participated in an all-day settlement conference just a day earlier.
The conference “has made significant progress toward settlement,” although more work must be done before a final resolution can be reached, the court said. Both sides agreed to continue with settlement talks.
The suit remains active against a number of other defendants, although the dismissal removes Mimic’s name from some of the claims.
The defendants include Super Ego Holding LLC; Floyd, Inc.; Kordun Express Inc.; Rocket Expediting LLC; Jordan Holdings d/b/a JHI Transport; Rex Trucking; Haidar Dawood LLC; Twin Carrier LLC; Windy City National Trans; and Trytime Transport.
The drivers’ lawsuits against those companies are still pending.
The lawsuit describes the defendants as “an affiliated group of transportation carriers, leasing companies and holding companies owned and operated in common.”
Super Ego gets nationwide airtime via CBS
Super Ego gained national attention earlier this year when CBS’ 60 Minutes ran a segment on the company calling it a “chameleon carrier.”
The term is generally applied to a company or group of companies that is alleged to have a poor safety record, shut down when confronted with safety enforcement or safety-related litigation, and then reappear in substantially the same form under a different Department of Transportation number.
In their federal lawsuit, the drivers accuse Super Ego and its affiliates of a range of purportedly illegal practices. Many of the allegations involve lease-purchase programs and a marketing campaign, which the complaint says was “designed to induce drivers to travel to Defendants’ headquarters in Illinois, using their own money, pay Defendants significant amounts of money toward the lease-purchase of trucks and other operating expenses, and then haul loads for significantly less money than Defendants promised to pay them.”
The suit contains seven counts: breach of contract; violation of the Truth in Leasing Act; violation of Illinois laws governing fraud and deceptive business practices; civil conspiracy; common-law fraud; violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act; and violation of an Illinois wage law.
Mimic’s dismissal covered Counts I, III, IV and V, which included breach of contract, Illinois fraud and deceptive business practices, civil conspiracy and common-law fraud.
