Italian company sues Dmv for defamation

the DN has earlier told about Vianini Lavori true authority on the € 80 million (836 million) after the transport department terminated the contract for the construction of the Stockholm Bypass.

In the lawsuit, which the DN has now taken the part of the, writes the Italian company to the media coverage and the contract has seriously damaged the company's reputation. They argue, therefore, that the transport department had committed slander.

the Contract between the Swedish transport administration and the LSAB, an american company Vianini Lavoris as one of two co-owners, was interrupted in march with reference to problems of health and safety.

the lifting of the contract are absolutely unfounded. Rather it was a result of ”a systematic conduct designed to harm Vianini Lavoris and the CMC's reputation”. Italian CMC is the other co-owner of the LSAB. The transport agency has not, however, aware that the hävningsbeslutet have been appealed.

In the lawsuit, which is addressed to a civil court in Rome, paints the Vianini Lavori up a picture of the Swedish transport administration tried to prevent the draft in progress.

the Authority shall have, inter alia, the dismissal of the company's project manager because of his lack of English language skills and made misleading and false statements in the media. It kicked the project manager should also have pointed out major flaws in the project plan, which was not accepted by the authority, it is stated in the application.

, which is part of the Stockholm Bypass, has been problemtyngt. The Swedish work environment authority issued in the year to a financial penalty for problems with utrymningslarmet and that there was no evacuation signs and control systems for the how many workers were underground. Around 60 incidents have been notified in the workplace.

the Building was named in december to Sweden's the worst of the magazine Byggarbetaren, but neither the Swedish work environment authority or the trade union Building stood behind the appointment when they said that there had been improvements. The situation must have deteriorated during the spring, according to the Swedish transport administration.

Vianini Lavori that they have been subjected to a mediadrev and refers to the critical articles in, inter alia, SVT, magazine Work, newspaper Proletären and the site Stop the wrong play.

the Swedish transport administration's press officer Bengt Olsson says that they are just now going through the lawsuit and that they do not want to comment on it yet.

" We find it difficult to know how to approach this. There is still a lot of analysis. The atmosphere is also addressed to the Swedish state, even if we are responsible for the project, " he says to DN.

– Each of the words in this dialogue will be balanced with the guldvåg and we would therefore not comment on neither the one or the other in the present. We stand behind that we lifted the contract. We have at the feet of that decision, " says Bengt Olsson.

Vianini Lavori urges also that the Swedish transport administration shall pay to publish a future judgment, in its entirety, in Today's News, Today's Industry and Today's Society, and in several Italian newspapers.

the Contract was the total worth of 3.5 billion kronor and the Swedish transport administration has so far paid out 750 million.

DN is looking for Vianini Lavori.