$6M settlement doesn't limit Big Dig case

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.