Big Dig contractor pleads guilty - The Boston Globe

Big Dig contractor pleads guilty - The Boston Globe

"The largest contractor on the Big Dig [Modern Continental] pleaded guilty yesterday to 39 federal charges of overbilling and lying about construction defects on the project, but prosecutors dropped five other charges that had implicated the company in the fatal 2006 collapse of the ceiling of the Interstate 90 tunnel."

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Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, 18 Businesses Pay $28M Wrongful Death Settlement In Big Dig Death | AHN | October 5, 2008

This article goes into more detail on the Big Dig $28M Settlement and notes that all 18 defendents were insured by AIG. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, 18 Businesses Pay $28M Wrongful Death Settlement In Big Dig Death | AHN | October 5, 2008

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Big Dig Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settlement Is $28 Million

According to today's Boston Globe, the family of the woman who was crushed to death by falling ceiling tiles' in the "Big Dig" tunnel accident have reached the final settlement in lawsuits related to the death. In an article headlined, Family to get $28m in Big Dig death:

"Milena Del Valle's family agreed to accept a total of $18.1 million yesterday from construction contractor Modern Continental, project manager Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, six smaller companies, and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, according to the family's lawyers."

Previously, the family had settled with two other defendents for $10 million, bringing the total settlement to $28m.