Tunnel Collapse

Boston, MA: (Dec-11-07) The family of Milena Del Valle, a Jamaica Plain woman, brought charges against Powers Fasteners, a company that supplied the ceiling bolt epoxy for the Big Dig project, after the woman was killed in a tunnel ceiling collapse accident. Sources stated that the lawsuit and subsequent criminal charges were filed after concrete ceiling panels in the Interstate 90 connector tunnel crashed down onto the car Del Valle was riding in on July 10, 2006. Federal investigators concluded that workers used the wrong epoxy when securing the ceiling. The suit accused Powers Fasteners of failing to warn construction contractors and project managers of the potentially deadly consequences of using the wrong, fast drying glue. Sources close to the family stated they are close to accepting approximately $6 million to resolve the lawsuit. The settlement with Powers Fasteners, the only company currently facing criminal charges, would be the first in the multimillion dollar lawsuit brought by the 38-year-old woman's family against 15 defendants, including Big Dig project manager Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, and several contractors.

[BOSTON.COM: BIG DIG]

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Published on Dec-13-07