Law360, New York (August 24, 2010, 5:47 PM ET) -- The Minnesota Court of Appeals issued a pair of rulings Tuesday that will allow the state — but not engineering firm URS Corp. — to seek damages from Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for the deadly 2007 collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis.
Jacobs contended that the state‘s indemnity claims became barred in 1977, 10 years after its predecessor substantially completed the bridge. But in affirming a lower court decision, a three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals said a recent change in state law...
Minn. Gets OK To Sue Jacobs Over Bridge Collapse
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