| [JM Eagle] 결함있는 수도관 소송 취하 거부당해
연방 지방 법원 판사는 JM Eagle이 특정 주 및 지방 정부 기관에 결함이 있는 수도관을 판매했다는 주장을 제기한 Phillips & Cohen에 의한 허위 청구 법 소송을 기각하기 위한 JM Eagle Co. Inc.의 발의를 거절했다. 판결은 로스앤젤레스에서 8월 13일에 열리도록 하였고, 허위 청구 기소에 대한 재판의 방식을 허가했다.
미국 지방 법원 판사 George H. Wu는 그 수도관에 대한 충분한 테스트를 실시하는데 실패 할 경우와 국가 및 지방 자치 단체에 결함이 있는 파이프를 판매했을 경우에 한해서, JM Eagle이 허위 청구법에 따라 책임을 질 수 있다는 것으로 3월 4일에 판결됐다.
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JM Eagle loses ruling in lawsuit that alleges defective water pipes
The decision clears the way for a trial on the false claims charges, set to begin Aug. 13 in Los Angeles.
U.S. District Court Judge George H. Wu ruled on March 4 that JM Eagle could be liable under the False Claims Act if it not only sold the state and local governments faulty pipes but also if it failed to conduct adequate testing on its pipes. The False Claims Act lawsuit against JM Eagle alleges both those points.
"If J-M's goal is to have the Court rule that Plaintiffs cannot prevail by proving only that they received pipe that did not conform to J-M's testing obligations (as informed by the independent standards agencies), these cases suggest that J-M will not achieve that goal," Wu wrote in his opinion.
Last month, the judge refused Formosa Plastics Corp.'s request that he throw out the case against it. Formosa Plastics, JM Eagle's former parent company, is a co-defendant in the case.
"JM Eagle and Formosa Plastics have tried and failed many times to convince the court to dismiss the case," said Eric R. Havian, a partner with Phillips & Cohen, which is representing two states and 47 municipalities in the case. "We are confident our evidence clearly will prove that JM Eagle defrauded its customers by selling substandard pipe."
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