Guardrail manufacturer ordered to pay millions after design change
DALLAS (WISH) – A guardrail company must pay $663 million for failing to tell the government about design changes to highway guardrails that some say made them more dangerous.
A judge handed down the ruling against Texas based Trinity Industries Tuesday.
An I-Team 8 investigation found while 32 other states banned the newly designed ET Plus guardrails, Indiana did not and even replaced some of them.
The new one inch design change did pass a series of crash tests earlier this year.
The Federal Government is still reviewing to see if they’ll remain on highways nationwide.