LORDSTOWN, Ohio - Another class-action civil lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court against Lordstown Motors Corp., alleging that certain senior officials cashed in on false and misleading statements.

Court documents show the lawsuit was filed Friday and lists Sulayman Zuod as the plaintiff "on behalf of all others similarly situated." The defendants are listed as Lordstown Motors, CEO Steve Burns, Chief Financial Officer Julio Rodriguez, President Rich Schmidt and Director of Stamping Operations Michael Fabian. 

Back in January, Lordstown Motors Corp. said it had received more than 100,000 orders from commercial fleets for its all-electric pickup truck, the Endurance. In March, Hindenburg Research released a story alleging that the company's pre-orders are "largely fictitious and used as a prop to raise capital and confer legitimacy."

The recent lawsuit alleges the company's claims allowed certain senior executives and directors at Lordstown Motors to sell almost $27 million of their personally held shares of Lordstown common stock at "fraud-inflated prices," and caused the plaintiff to purchase Lordstown common stock at "artificially inflated prices."

The lawsuit is seeking damages and interest as well as attorney fees. 

When Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose visited the Lordstown Motors plant in March, 21 News got to question Burns about the Hindenburg report.

"I can't speak to the report, but I can tell you two things: We're at betas in 10 days, and we're going to start production of the world's first electric pickup," Burns told 21 News. "There are always haters... I quoted Taylor Swift to someone the other day, haters gonna hate, hate, hate... you gotta shake it off."

Lordstown Motors did recently reveal its beta models for the Endurance. The company says they are on track to meet the goal of producing the trucks at the Lordstown facility this September.