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Case Name: Granite Construction
Settlement Fund: $129,000,000
Claim Filing Deadline: January
24, 2022
Class Period: 2/17/2017 --
10/24/2019
Symbol: GVA
Granite Construction, a California-based general contractor
and construction material provider, has settled a securities litigation for
$129 million, putting up the first 9-digit settlement for the year 2022. (Don’t
worry, we expect more.)
Granite focuses on both public and private infrastructure projects,
from roads and bridges to mass-transit and airports, and employs over 7,000
people across the country. According to the complaint, “the Company failed to
properly account for… massive and continuing cost overruns in violation of
GAAP, which required Granite to book the costs when known or incurred. By April
30, 2018, the I-4 Ultimate Project [in Florida], Tappan Zee Project [New York],
PennDOT Project [Pennsylvania], and the Texas Project [uh, Texas] had
experienced cost overruns of $100 million, $900 million, $340 million, and $25
million respectively.” When the true nature of each of these projects
was made public, investors suffered substantial losses, plaintiffs allege.
The company has settled but continues to deny the allegations.
The plaintiffs claim that if this case had gone to trial and if their case was
successful, the “aggregate damages recoverable” would have been approximately
$424 million to $620 million. That means that the recovery of $129 is anywhere
from 20 to 30% of the plaintiff's own estimated possible recovery.
Of course, winning a verdict is a Big-If, the sort of Big-If
that keeps defense attorneys and plaintiff attorneys awake at night in equal
measure. The settlement notice points out, after citing the $424-620 million range
of a hypothetical jury verdict, “that amount could be substantially lower or
zero if certain arguments by the Defendants were accepted by the Court or a
jury.” Hence, a settlement, so everyone can sleep tight.
If the thing that keeps you up at night is the idea
of filing securities class action claims—a tedious burden which distracts from
the real work of investing—then give us a call. This is our real work,
and it does not have to be yours. At CCC, we track cases before complaints are
even filed, monitor their progress through the courts, and find every
settlement as soon as it happens. We then file claims, fix deficiencies and
when need be contest rejections, accept settlement awards and ensure that every
dollar is received. Finally, we allocate that money in whichever way best
serves you and your clients.
Claim forms are due January 24, 2022 in the Granite
Construction settlement. But you can sleep tight tonight if you call CCC today to begin outsourcing this claim, and every other securities class action claim, to
us.
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settlements and in the average settlement pools. (The link to the full report
is below.)
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