Big Dig Tragedy Expected to Trigger New Wave of Litigation

July 17, 2006

  • July 25, 2006 at 2:19 am
    Smitty says:
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    bad execution. The whole \”hanging\” from expoxied bolts design was lame, an afterthought, I\’m not an engineer but I would have spotted this disaster in the \”planning\” stage, everyone should be nailed, prosecuted, fired, ruined.

    This is just plain stupid corruption along with the half assed repairs which will untimately fail again.

    I\’ve seen anchor bolts for residential homes holding vertical wood walls WITH gravity be required for 30 years, hanging multi-ton concrete slabs from ceilings would certainly require even more protection than vertical expoxied rods.

    I bet the manufacturer skates (as they should) those epoxy connections were never deisnged to hold hanging slabs from vertical rods.

    Everyone should be fired & lose their license, they showed a serious lack of common sense. The whole plan was beyond stupid.

  • May 31, 2007 at 5:58 am
    Jack Norris says:
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    Over a long period of time, I have questioned who is really insured under most Owner Furnished Insurance Programs and exactly what would happen when all are sued. When I am served, can I trust the owner furnished insurance rep when we talk about pros and cons?

    If it turns out that AIG, et al are able to wiggle out, where does that poor slob who thought he had insurance stand?

  • June 22, 2007 at 2:08 am
    Peter Latham says:
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    The Liability portion of the “OCIP” programme has not been arranged correctly if there are to be numerous legal arguments! A properly constructed progamme would have the various Professional Liabilities (arising out of this contract) covers of ALL players placed under ONE policy. I have had a similar incident/loss under a major contract where there were numerous professionals involved. There was NO argument and NO delay – even better – MINIMAL fees to lawyers. Insurers paid up quickly!



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