Litigation
Jan. 14, 2015
Judge in PVC pipe whistleblower case wants specificity from plaintiffs
A federal judge kept the pressure on plaintiffs Monday in the long-running False Claims Act case brought against JM Manufacturing Co. Inc. over allegedly substandard pipe sold to government entities.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - After ruling last month that a 2013 jury verdict against a plastic pipe maker only applied to a fraction of the plaintiffs, a federal judge seemed inclined Monday to side with the defense again in a dispute over how detailed pleadings by the plaintiffs needed to be.
Los Angeles-based J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc. was found liable for defrauding the U.S. government and numerous states and mu...
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