Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

$6M settlement doesn't limit Big Dig case

|
|
 
  
Published: Dec. 26, 2007 at 4:27 PM

BOSTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A $6 million settlement by one of the companies linked to the Big Dig collapse in Boston has not stopped lawyers from targeting other parties.

While Powers Fasteners agreed to a $6 million settlement with the family of one of the women killed in the 2006 accident, lawyers involved in that case have turned their attention on groups like the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, The Boston Globe said Wednesday.

"We certainly believe that there are others who are more responsible and more culpable," lawyer Jeffrey A. Denner said following the Powers Fasteners settlement. "There's a lot of responsibility to go around."

Since large concrete panels fell from the ceiling of the Interstate 90 connector tunnel on July 10, 2006, Powers Fasteners has been the main target for allegations and criminal charges.

The Globe said that the company, which made the epoxy that was used to secure the panels, was indicted in August on one count of involuntary manslaughter and is still facing a possible conviction in the case.

© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Father's Day: Celebrity dads The 2012 Miss USA competition Faces of the 2012 French Open
2012 MTV Movie Awards Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Notable deaths of 2012
Additional Top News Stories
1 of 21
Singer Janelle Monae arrives at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, California
View Caption
Singer Janelle Monae arrives for the MTV Movie Awards at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. UPI/Jim Ruymen
fark
Dogs are 100 times more valuable than babies according to New Jersey state law
█████████ anniversary keeps Chinese censors ██████
That voter purge in Florida? It has already caught a grand total of TWO men who weren't citizens...
Nine tornadoes touchdown outside a) Kansas. b) Missouri. FARK) Washington, D.C
Two brothers, both current eligible candidates for AARP, get into a hatchet fight. Why yes, alcohol...
NYC Mayor Bloomberg on full-page "Nanny" ad in NY Times: "Would I wear a dress like that? No, It...