"Big Dig firm to pay state, city $16m" by Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff | December 18, 2008
State prosecutors have agreed to drop a manslaughter charge against Powers Fasteners Inc., the only company to face state criminal charges in connection with the fatal collapse of a section of Big Dig tunnel, after the New York epoxy vendor agreed to pay $16 million to the state and city, Attorney General Martha Coakley said yesterday.
Under the terms of the settlement, the company also agreed to discontinue selling its line of fast-drying epoxy, the kind that was implicated in the ceiling collapse that killed Milena Del Valle, 38, of Jamaica Plain in July 2006.
The company is also required to take other steps that Coakley said are designed to prevent the kind of accident that killed Del Valle, including the recall of all of its fast-setting epoxy now in the field and sending a warning of such dangers to all past users of the product. Further, Powers agreed to conduct no business with state and local governments until Jan. 1, 2012....
Oh, how harsh! A WOMAN is DEAD because of their damn negligence!
In a statement yesterday, Powers accepted its share of responsibility in the death of Del Valle. Martin E. Levin, one of Powers's lawyers, said in an interview that the settlement would allow the company to "move on and concentrate on its business in tough economic times."
Yup, GETTING BACK to BUSINESS s usual!
A WOMAN is DEAD because of you looters!
I guess the family is just "moving on," too, 'eh?
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Yesterday's settlement marked a milestone in the state government's efforts to recoup losses for taxpayers because of shoddy work on the $15 billion Big Dig tunnel-and-highway project. So far, the state, in conjunction with the federal government, has recovered almost $550 million from contractors for the ceiling collapse, leaking tunnel walls, and other defects. The federal government helped pay for the project....
Really? The feds helped pay?
"Contrary to the popular belief that this was a project heavily subsidized by the federal government, 73 percent of construction costs were paid by Massachusetts drivers and taxpayers."
See: The Big Pit please
MSM can't even tell the truth about that, and notice them hiding the obscene interest payments to banks for that piece of shit rip-off!
The largest settlement so far came from Bechtel Corp. and Parsons Brinckerhoff, the two international corporations that formed a joint venture to manage the design and construction of the project. They, along with several smaller design firms, agreed to pay $458 million in a settlement announced in January....
Most of the money received by the state government goes into a trust fund to help pay for future maintenance of the Big Dig.... Asked yesterday whether the Powers settlement ends the Big Dig legal wrangle for good, Coakley said: "I feel very comfortable, and I look forward to putting a lot of our assistant attorneys general to work on other matters."
They never should have been having to deal with this at all!
Once again CORRUPT LOCAL OFFICIALS COLLUDE with CORPORATIONS to RIP-OFF the TAXPAYERS! But you know what is so angering bout this one?
IT COST A PERSON THEIR LIFE and GRIEF to HER FAMILY!!! NO AMOUNT of MONEY can EVER REPAY THAT!
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