He is the co-founder of Selco Construction Services, as well as SPIG Industry LLC, a private Virginia-based company that installs guardrails.
[4] In October 2014, the jury of the U.S. District Court in Marshall, Texas ruled that Trinity will pay $525 million, the largest whistleblower award won without the assistance of the US Justice Department.
The company, Selco Construction Services, began by planting vegetation along roads and highways and later expanded to installing fencing and guardrails.
[2] In July 2014, Judge Rodney Gilstrap declared a mistrial, referring to the case as being "replete with errors, gamesmanship [and] inappropriate conduct," as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
[13] In December 2017 the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit reversed and rendered judgement as a matter of law for Trinity.