Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

1989

Year Resolved

1991

Settlement Amount

$135,000

Court

201st Judicial District, Travis County, Texas

Docket Number

Cause No. 469,030

Lead State

TX

Participating States

TX

Defendant(s)

Carolyn Corporation, Video Industrial Services, Inc., John Kulbitskas, Donald J. Dorr, Charles Morton, Kim De Young, Julius Hemmelstein

Case Description

State of Texas suit alleged defendant designed and submitted collusive, non-competitive and rigged bids to the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation causing the price of the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation maintenance contracts to be established at non competitive levels. Parties settled. Defendants agreed to pay, collectively, $135,000 ($5,000 public entities; $116,500 attorney fees; $13,500 civil fines), and agreed to an injunction