Maryland Car Accident Lawyers: Defective Guardrails Manufacturer Penalized

Maryland Car Accident Lawyers: Defective Guardrails Manufacturer Penalized Trinity Industries Inc., maker of a popular highway guardrail system, has been ordered to pay $663 million for defrauding the U.S. government. The penalty was handed down by a U.S. District Judge who says the company made 16,771 false claims to the government and lied about design changes they made before installing approximately 200,000 potentially dangerous guardrails along highways across the country. The guardrails have been linked to at least nine car accident deaths and many more injuries. The issue was brought to light when whistleblower, Joshua Harman, began a campaign to expose Trinity for what he says are serious flaws with the ET-Plus guardrail system. Harman, a guardrail engineer, travelled the country taking photos of the guardrails and posting them to a website. His allegations were supported by lawsuits filed on behalf of at least 14 car accident victims who claim that they were seriously injured
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