Union Gets $1 Million Win in False Claims Suit Against Fairfield

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 98 showed that construction contractor Fairfield Co. violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing for workers under a partially federally funded railroad improvement project for SEPTA, a Pennsylvania federal court said.

Fairfield is liable for just over $1 million, Judge Mark A. Kearney of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said Wednesday, adopting a special master’s conclusion.

The federal government will receive $738,724; Local 98 will receive $316,596, the court said.

The Wayfield Junction Project involved running and laying electrical conduit in trenches alongside railroad track ...