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Feb. 17, 2010
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LOS ANGELES - The states of Nevada, Virginia, Delaware, Tennessee and 43 California municipalities have filed a whistleblower lawsuit against JM Eagle and its former parent company, Formosa Plastics Corp., for supplying their water and sewer systems with substandard pipes. The whistleblowers, which include San Diego, Sacramento, San Jose and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, elected to intervene in the case after an investigation showed pipe provided by JM Eagle was of lower quality than required by applicable industry standards and the supplier's contracts. The lawsuit, originally filed by a former JM Eagle engineer who was fired for raising concerns about the company's PVC pipe quality, alleges the supplier deceived its customers by cherry-picking the pipe samples tested by outside certification agencies, while using a cheaper manufacturing process for its day-to-day operations.
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