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October 22, 2014

Jury rules Texas firm must pay $175M for guardrail redesign

  • An installer accused Trinity Industries of making false claims to federal regulators when it didn't disclose changes to ET-Plus guardrails.
  • DALLAS (AP) — A jury has decided that a Texas company should pay $175 million in a case involving the safety of thousands of guardrails on highways around the country.

    A whistleblower charged that the company changed the design of caps at each end of the guardrails a decade ago that made them more dangerous, then failed to properly test the units or tell government transportation officials about the change for years.


     
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