December 18, 2014
A California federal judge Thursday limited the scope of a first-phase jury verdict finding pipe maker J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc. liable for damages in a whistleblower False Claims Act suit over substandard plastic pipe used in water and sewer systems, saying the verdict applies only to five exemplar plaintiffs.
November 14, 2013
A California federal jury on Thursday determined that pipe maker J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc. knowingly made and sold substandard plastic pipe that was later used to build water and sewer systems in several states, making it liable to pay damages in a whistleblower False Claims Act suit.
September 17, 2013
J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc. sacrificed quality control and its own "integrity" in a quest to increase production of PVC pipe and then covered up defects in pipe used by municipalities nationwide, five water districts suing the company under the False Claims Act told a California federal jury Tuesday.
February 12, 2013
A California federal judge Monday denied Formosa Plastics Corp.'s bid to escape a False Claims Act suit over defective PVC pipes but said it could argue that the case against it is an unlawful extension of the law at a later stage of the litigation.
January 31, 2013
Formosa Plastics Corp. urged a California federal judge Thursday to hear its bid to escape from a massive False Claims Act litigation over defective PVC pipes, saying it should be allowed to argue the case against it is an unlawful extension of the law.
August 23, 2012
A California judge issued a tentative decision Thursday finding HDI-Gerling America Insurance Co. and a Chartis Inc. company must defend J-M Manufacturing Co. in the state of Nevada's lawsuit accusing the company of providing defective PVC pipe.
July 14, 2011
A California federal judge on Thursday disqualified Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP from defending J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc. in an ex-employee's whistleblower lawsuit over allegedly defective PVC pipe for municipal sewers, after J-M rejected the court's plan to split the case to avoid a conflict of interest with one of the plaintiffs.
July 11, 2011
A California federal judge Monday tentatively ruled to dismiss claims against manufacturer Formosa Plastics Corp. USA in a J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc. ex-employee's whistleblower suit over purportedly defective PVC piping sold to the government by the former Formosa subsidiary.
July 07, 2011
A California federal judge on Thursday tentatively ruled not to disqualify Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP from defending J-M Manufacturing Co. in an ex-employee's whistleblower suit over defective PVC pipe for municipal sewers, saying a conflict with one of the plaintiffs could be managed.
May 11, 2011
A California federal judge dismissed a plastics maker Monday from a suit over purportedly defective PVC piping sold to the government, saying the whistleblower had not factually linked it to allegedly false claims submitted by an ex-subsidiary for which he worked.