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Massachusetts May File Criminal Charges in Big Dig collapse

Posted by: Chris Steins

28 July 2007 - 5:00am

Such a move would set a new legal precedent and might encourage other prosecutors to bring similar charges in structural failures.

"Boston's Big Dig, the most expensive highway project in US history, has had its share of woes – from highly publicized leaks to a fatal ceiling collapse that has spawned a civil suit. Now, Massachusetts' attorney general is mulling whether to press criminal charges against the state authority that oversaw the project and some of the contractors.

..."A conviction of a Big Dig contractor like Bechtel would be a landmark precedent in the criminal law precisely because such convictions are thought to be impossible to obtain..."

Full Story: Massachusetts weighs criminal charges in Big Dig collapse
Source: The Christian Science Monitor, July 26, 2007
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