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United States of America et al v. J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.

  1. March 22, 2021

    J-M's Atty Fee Plan In Bad Pipes Row Too Slow, Judge Says

    A California federal judge told J-M Manufacturing on Monday he will likely rule against its proposed approach to determining attorney fees after municipalities convinced a jury the company violated the False Claims Act but failed to win any damages, saying J-M's proposal would take "many, many, many, many, many, many months." 

  2. August 31, 2020

    J-M Deserves Penalties Over Bad Pipes, Municipalities Say

    A group of municipalities told a California federal judge on Monday that J-M Manufacturing deserves civil penalties for a jury's finding that it violated the False Claims Act and said the company's arguments against them contradict the Seventh Amendment because they ask the judge to disregard the jury's findings.

  3. July 28, 2020

    J-M Fights 'Unjust' Civil Penalties In Bad Pipes Case

    J-M Manufacturing urged a California federal judge Monday not to impose civil penalties in a bellwether False Claims Act suit that found the company falsely represented that the pipes it sold to a group of municipalities met industry strength standards, arguing that the buyers didn't actually suffer damages.

  4. November 14, 2018

    Calif. Jury Deadlocks In J-M Bad Pipes Damages Bellwether

    A California federal judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday in a bellwether False Claims Act suit against J-M Manufacturing after a jury deadlocked on the amount the company owes, if any, to a group of municipalities that paid $2.1 million for pipes that didn't uniformly meet industry strength standards.

  5. November 06, 2018

    J-M Owes $2.1M For Bad Pipes, Jury Told As Trial Wraps

    A group of municipalities asked a California federal jury to award them $2.1 million during closing arguments Tuesday in a bellwether False Claims Act suit against J-M Manufacturing, saying the company should refund them for worthless pipes that didn't uniformly meet industry strength standards.

  6. October 10, 2018

    Faulty J-M Pipes Will Cost Cities $15M, Bellwether Jury Told

    Several cities and water utilities that bought J-M Eagle plastic pipes told a California jury Wednesday that roughly a third of the pipes would fail ahead of schedule and asked for around $15 million in damages plus penalties potentially worth millions more during opening statements in a bellwether trial in the sprawling False Claims Act dispute.

  7. December 12, 2016

    J-M Pipe Buyers Must Clarify Damages Theory In FCA Suit

    A California federal judge on Monday told cities and states alleging J-M Manufacturing sold them substandard plastic pipes they have to formally submit the theory they want to present in an upcoming damages trial before he can resolve the parties' fighting over proposed damages experts.

  8. November 21, 2016

    J-M Faults Pipe Buyers' Damages Theory In FCA Row

    J-M Manufacturing Co. told a California judge Monday that the cities and states alleging it sold substandard plastic pipes can't ask for the cost of replacing their pipes in an upcoming damages trial, because doing so would go beyond the liability verdict already imposed in the False Claims Act dispute.

  9. February 23, 2016

    J-M Says Jury Shouldn't Get Past Trial Verdict In FCA Suit

    J-M told a California judge Monday that cities and states accusing the company in a False Claims Act whistleblower suit of selling them substandard plastic pipes shouldn't be allowed to provide the jury in the second-phase trial the verdict from the first phase, which found J-M liable for damages.

  10. September 03, 2015

    PVC Pipe Buyers Must Give J-M Project Details In FCA Suit

    Dozens of cities and states pursuing a False Claims Act suit alleging J-M Manufacturing Co. sold them substandard plastic pipe must lay out legal theories and supporting evidence for each of the thousands of individual projects at issue before the case can proceed, a California federal judge said Thursday.

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