August 31, 2015
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.
August 03, 2015
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.
July 27, 2015
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.
July 08, 2015
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.
December 05, 2014
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.
October 24, 2014
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.
October 20, 2014
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.
October 17, 2014
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.
September 12, 2014
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.
September 09, 2014
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.