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March 16, 2010


Victims Sue Contractor of Collapsed I35W Bridge



June 19, 2009


The largest group of victims from the Interstate 35W bridge collapse two years ago filed lawsuits Thursday against two companies that worked on the structure, saying the rush-hour disaster in downtown Minneapolis was "entirely avoidable."

Lawyers for 93 survivors and families of victims filed 79 lawsuits in Hennepin County District Court against URS Corp., a consultant that analyzed the bridge, and Progressive Contractors Inc., the St. Michael, Minn., company whose crews were resurfacing the bridge when it fell into the Mississippi River.

The Aug. 1, 2007, collapse of one of the state's busiest bridges during the evening rush hour killed 13 people and injured 145.

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