guardrail safety News

Trinity Says Virginia Orders More Tests for Highway Guardrails

Trinity Industries Inc.’s guardrail system will undergo additional crash testing by Virginia, raising new questions about a device on roadways across the country. Some of Virginia’s six proposed tests on the ET-Plus, scheduled to begin in mid-September, will be different …

Mississippi to Test Guardrails After Texas Jury Finding

State transportation officials are investigating where faulty guardrails have been installed along Mississippi roadways. Trinity Industries Inc. stopped shipments of its ET-Plus guardrails after Texas jury ordered to pay at least $175 million for misleading regulators. A whistleblower says the …

Guardrail Maker Trinity Faces Oct. 31 Deadline for Safety Plan

The U.S. said Trinity Industries Inc. must provide a crash-test plan by Oct. 31 following a verdict yesterday that the guardrail system maker duped the government by hiding changes to its product. A Texas jury found yesterday that Trinity had …

Jury Finds Guardrail Maker Trinity Cheated Government; Liability Could Top $1 Billion

Trinity Industries Inc. faces a potential liability of $1 billion after a jury found the company defrauded the U.S. by deliberately withholding information about cost-saving changes to its highway guardrail system that potentially made it more dangerous. Jurors in Marshall, …

Judge Declares Mistrial in $1B Trinity Guardrail Case

Trinity Industries Inc.’s courtroom defense of the safety of its highway guardrails prompted a federal judge to declare a mistrial because of “serious concerns” about a company witness’s truthfulness. U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap in Marshall, Texas, ruled yesterday that …

$1 Billion Highway Guardrail Trial Underway This Week

Trinity Industries Inc. will have 13 hours this week to fight allegations its highway guardrail systems are a deadly hazard that spear cars on impact, with as much as $1 billion at stake for the company. U.S. District Judge Rodney …