Media Coverage: Trinity Industries Guardrail Class Action Settlement 

06.06.2022

Stueve Siegel Hanson recently reached what is believed to be the first successful resolution of product liability claims against Trinity Industries on behalf of government entities seeking the cost of removing and replacing the 4-inch ET Plus devices.   

Valued at $56 million, the settlement has been reported on by publications including:

• Reuters, “Trinity Industries reaches settlement worth $56 million in Missouri guardrail case”

• Law360, “Trinity’s $56M Deal to End Mo. Guardrail Suit Gets Initial OK”
• The Kansas City Business Journal, “Stueve Siegel Hanson has reached a class action settlement on Missouri’s guardrail controversy”
• The St. Louis Business Journal, “Settlement reached on faulty guardrail design that resulted in fatalities in Missouri”
• Missouri Lawyers Weekly, “$56M settlement to cover cost to replace road safety devices”
• Missouri Business Alert, “Kansas City law firm reaches $56 million settlement in guardrail case”
• Springfield Business Journal, “Law firm in KC reaches $56M settlement”