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  1. August 31, 2015

    Trinity To Appeal $663M Guardrail FCA Verdict To 5th Circ.

    Trinity Industries Inc. gave notice Friday that it was going to the Fifth Circuit to challenge a whistleblower's successful $663 million False Claims Act judgment against it in Texas federal court over selling defective guardrails.

  2. August 03, 2015

    Trinity's New Trial Bid Denied Following $663M FCA Verdict

    A Texas federal judge on Monday shot down a bid for a new trial made by Trinity Industries Inc. following a $663 million False Claims Act verdict finding Trinity had defrauded the federal government by selling defective guardrails, saying the company could present new evidence in an appeal.

  3. July 27, 2015

    Whistleblower Fights Trinity's Bid For New Guardrails Trial

    A whistleblower slammed Trinity Industries Inc.'s motion for a new trial Friday following a $663 million False Claims Act verdict that found the company defrauded the U.S. government by selling defective guardrails, saying Trinity continues to misstate the issues under dispute.

  4. July 08, 2015

    Trinity Says New Report Undercuts $663M FCA Judgment

    Trinity Industries Inc. has asked a Texas federal court to set aside a recent $663 million judgment against it and grant a new trial in a False Claims Act suit alleging the company ripped off the Department of Transportation with defective guardrails, arguing new evidence shows the products passed inspection.

  5. December 05, 2014

    Whistleblower Says Trinity Can't Duck $175M FCA Verdict

    The whistleblower whose allegations that Trinity Industries Inc. defrauded the U.S. government by selling it defective guardrails led to a recent $175 million verdict asked a Texas federal judge on Thursday to reject Trinity's argument that he didn't prove a valid claim under the False Claims Act.

  6. October 24, 2014

    Trinity Stops Shipping Deadly Guardrails After $175M Verdict

    Trinity Highway Products LLC said Friday that it will stop shipping its ET-Plus guardrail system, just days after a Texas federal jury found that the company had defrauded the U.S. government out of $175 million by selling dangerous guardrails to the U.S. Federal Highway Administration.

  7. October 20, 2014

    Trinity Bilked Feds Of $175M, Jury Finds In Guardrail FCA Suit

    A Texas federal jury Monday found that Trinity Industries Inc. defrauded the U.S. government out of $175 million by selling dangerous guardrails to the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, reaching the verdict three days after a judge refused to toss the False Claims Act case.

  8. October 17, 2014

    5th Circ. Ruling Doesn't Excuse Trinity From FCA Suit: Judge

    A Texas federal judge on Friday denied Trinity Industries Inc.'s move to toss a False Claims Act suit alleging it sold dangerous guardrails to the federal government, dismissing the company's claims that a Fifth Circuit order in the case precludes it from moving forward.

  9. September 12, 2014

    Plaintiff Blasts Effort To DQ McKool From Guardrail FCA Suit

    The plaintiff in a False Claims Act suit accusing Trinity Industries Inc. of secretly modifying the design of its ET-Plus guardrail end terminal urged a Texas federal judge on Friday to reject Trinity's request to disqualify its former law firm McKool Smith PC from representing him.

  10. September 09, 2014

    FHWA Can't Save Guardrail Maker In FCA Suit, Relator Argues

    A Federal Highway Administration contractor can't escape False Claims Act liability over its allegedly dangerous changes to approved guardrail designs, even though the FHWA later approved the changes, the relator told a Texas federal court on Monday.

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