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Whistleblower Claims Guardrails Are Potentially Deadly Hazards

In a 1,300+ word article, Bloomberg News reports that Joshua Harman, claiming Federal whistle-blower status, is suing Trinity Highway Products and its owner, Trinity Industries, “alleging the company made quiet design changes that transformed guardrails intended to reduce injuries into potentially deadly hazards.” Harman claims that Trinity made changes to its ET-Plus end terminal without notifying Federal authorities. However, the article notes that in a “2012 deposition for a patent infringement lawsuit over the ET-Plus,” a Trinity executive said the changes made to the end terminal were “‘cosmetic’ and didn’t require new approvals because they didn’t hurt its performance.” According to the report, company spokesman Jack Todd said Trinity did not “sell the revised end terminals until they had been crash-tested in 2005,” and the FHWA had “issued its letter of acceptance.”

From the news release of the American Association for Justice.

Bob Kraft

I am a Dallas, Texas lawyer who has had the privilege of helping thousands of clients since 1971 in the areas of Personal Injury law and Social Security Disability.

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