KINGSTON – A federal arbitrator has denied a request that would have forced Diamond Triumph Auto Glass to provide information about a federal investigation of the company to a rival firm.

KINGSTON – A federal arbitrator has denied a request that would have forced Diamond Triumph Auto Glass to provide information about a federal investigation of the company to a rival firm.

Attorneys for Safelite Glass Corp. wanted to question Diamond Triumph officials about a Dec 13 2005 search by dint of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the company's Division way offices, arguing that the information was important to Safelite's defense of a federal lawsuit that Diamond Triumph filed in 2002

The suit alleged that Safelite, the nation's largest retailer of auto glass repair and installation services, pirated customers away from Diamond Triumph, which is ranked secondary in the industry.

According to the suit, Safelite operated a call center that directed auto insurance consumer to companies that would replace glass, including Diamond Triumph.

The relationship between the sum of two units companies ended after Diamond Triumph accused Safelite of steering consumer to