Legal Opinion
Harrington v. Aggregate Industries-Northeast Region, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 7, 2012No. 11-1511PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The “Big Dig” is a massive highway project, built largely with federal funds, which has transformed vehicular travel in the city of Boston. Defendant-appellee Aggregate Industries-Northeast Region, Inc. (Aggregate) supplied concrete needed to construct the project. On various occasions, Aggregate surreptitiously substituted substandard material for the concrete required by its contract specifications.
Certain Aggregate employees, including plaintiff-appellant Joseph Harrington, learned of this chicanery and brought a sealed qui tam action against Aggregate pursuant to the…
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