New York Injury Attorneys Blog
At least nine motorists are dead because of a design change in the highway guardrails produced by Texas-based Trinity Industries Inc.
In 2005, Trinity changed the design of its ET-Plus guardrail systems in order to cut production costs, but in doing so the company created an added danger for the drivers and passengers of cars that collided with the rails.
Trinity was required by law to alert the National Highway Administration (NHWA) of the design change, but it did not. Instead, the company continued to sell its guardrails to state governments under the pretense that the design was the same. Continue reading →
