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$6 Million Settlement in Big Dig Accident
NY Times ^
| 12.26.07
Posted on 12/25/2007 5:11:28 PM PST by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg
................Where did the process fail here?
.................
Probably no failed process!
The lawyers decided to go after the weakest link to show damage to their client; then they escalate up the chain of deepest pockets, to get into the real money.
The deceased family will probably wind up with the $1 million; the schmuck lawyers will probably turn it into a class action suit for all the “pain and suffering” that thousands of commuters had to endure in traversing the tunnels. Then they will pocket $100 million, while sending out $2.00 checks to the class action participants.
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posted on
12/25/2007 7:35:21 PM PST
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aShepard
To: ricks_place
The report doesn't question the design, the report questions the Construction,Construction management, and QA/QC.
Had Gannett Fleming, Inc., in the construction contract for the D Street portal finishes, specified the use of adhesive anchors with adequate creep resistance, a different anchor adhesive could have been chosen, and the accident might have been prevented.
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posted on
12/25/2007 7:38:00 PM PST
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Perdogg
(Fred Thompson for President)
To: Perdogg
The Specification was inadequate among other deficiencies listed. Sure the load calculation was ok, but that was only part of the engineering.
Gannett Fleming, Inc., and Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff failed to account for the fact that polymer adhesives are susceptible to deformation (creep) under sustained load, with the result that they made no provision for ensuring the long-term, safe
To: aShepard
"...Then they will pocket $100 million, while sending out $2.00 checks to the class action participants..." That reminds me, whre is my check for the Class Action against Microsoft? I wuz promised 75 cents.
Now, where is it?
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posted on
12/26/2007 5:01:43 AM PST
by
Does so
(...against all enemies, DOMESTIC and foreign...)
To: groanup
What? Union thugs expecting favors and perks for supporting a candidate? ;)
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12/26/2007 5:55:06 AM PST
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Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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