Whistleblower Suit Over Chinese Imports Settles for
$15 Million
R. Robin McDonald, Daily Report
April 27, 2016
The U.S.
Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has secured $15 million from
a California-based furniture chain to resolve claims that it improperly evaded
anti-dumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture imported from China.
The settlement, in
which Z Gallerie admitted no wrongdoing, stems from a whistleblower suit filed
in federal court in Savannah by an Alabama merchant who sells furniture online,
said Atlanta attorney Page Pate. He sued Z Gallerie in 2013 on behalf of the
whistleblower, Huntsville merchant Kelly Wells.