Minneapolis Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Miscellaneous

The 35W Bridge collapsed in Minneapolis last August and left 150 victims. 13 of those people died. Many families were left with large medical bills and the loss of income from the victims. State legislators have been busy working on a victims' compensation fund. The proposed plan my fall far short of what victims need though. The Senate bill would limit payments to $400,000 per victim,...

When the 35W Bridge fell into the Mississippi River on August 1st many lives were changed forever. Around 100 people were injured and 13 people were killed during the Minneapolis bridge collapse. Now they are fighting a state cap on liability that limits damages to $300,000 per person and $1 Million overall for the tragedy. The House State Government Finance Committee will be hearing...

Inspectors from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) are currently examining the Lafayette Bridge into St. Paul. Reports and previous inspections had placed its safety rating as lower than the 35W Bridge. The 35W Bridge collapsed in Minneapolis at the beginning of August killing 13 people. MnDOT plans to survey the majority of bridges in Minnesota. So far, MnDOT has completed...

The death toll in the 35W Bridge collapse now stands at 13 as the final victim was pulled from the Mississippi River on Monday. Search crews and the family expressed relief that he had been found. The victim was a member of the construction crew that had been doing concrete work on the bridge at the time of the collapse. After Stanek thanked authorities for completing the recovery of the...

The twelfth victim of the 35W Bridge collapse was found on Sunday and identified today. There is only one more person on the official missing person's list. Navy divers work in the Mississippi River when there is no salvage work going on. They have to wait for debris to be cleared in order to search the area. Investigators are still looking into the cause of the bridge collapse.According to...

Navy divers recovered the remains of two more victims of the August 1 35W Bridge collapse. They were found when their cars were retrieved from the bottom of the Mississippi River last yesterday and early this morning. The remains were not identified but are believed to be two of the four people on the official missing list. The vehicles recovered Wednesday and Thursday were found on the...

When the 35W Bridge collapsed on August 1st a school bus was one of the vehicles on the bridge. It was carrying 52 children and several adults. Some were injured but all of them made it off the bridge alive. The successful rescue effort was credited to three people. Today those people were honored by the school bus company. "Kim Dahl, our bus driver still had her hands on the wheel,"...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation presented a preliminary plan to the Minneapolis City Council for a bridge to replace the 35W Bridge over the Mississippi River. The 35W Bridge collapsed on August 1st, killing at least 9 people and injuring over 100 others. State authorities need support from the Council to have the new bridge built by December 2008 and ease traffic congestion.But at...

Clean up efforts at the scene of the 35W Bridge collapse included removal of the school bus that was on the bridge. The school bus was carrying 52 children when it collapsed on August 1st. Everyone on the bus survived the accident. In all, 44 vehicles have been removed from the bridge since its collapse. About 100 vehicles had been on the structure when it fell Aug. 1, said Minnesota...

The Mississippi River rose 1 to 2 feet overnight due to rain and there is a dangerous current. Navy divers have halted their search and recovery mission until conditions are safer. The official death toll is eight from the 35W Bridge collapse that happened in Minneapolis on August 1st. "Dive team members assigned to the Navy Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit will continue to assess the situation...

A victim of the Minneapolis bridge collapse was pulled from the wreckage today bringing the death toll to nine. Three victims were found yesterday. The investigation for the bridge collapse received a new piece of evidence as well that may prove very helpful in figuring out what went wrong. The investigation into the cause of the collapse will be aided by an aerial photograph taken just...

Divers continued to search a week after the accident for remains in the recovery effort at the downed Minneapolis I35W Bridge. Two victims were pulled from the wreckage Thursday morning, bringing the total unaccounted for down to six. Difficult conditions in the murky river have prevented aggressive search efforts throughout the past week, making progress to reach victims in the underwater...

Rescue divers pulled two bodies from the 35W Bridge collapse wreckage in Minneapolis today. This will raise the death toll to seven people killed when the bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed last Wednesday. The unidentified victims were removed and taken to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, police said.Eight people had been listed as missing from the August 1 collapse of the...

Eyewitnesses recall seeing a person in a kayak under or around the 35W Bridge just before it collapsed. The Minneapolis Police Department is searching for the person and would like to interview them. They are also asking people to stay clear of the area as it is very hazardous. Thousands of people continue to flock to the site, and 14 people have been arrested for breaching the perimeter so...

The state of Minnesota has around 19,500 bridges and according to state inspectors 103 of them had a worse rating than the 35W Bridge in Minneapolis. 1,141 bridges are rated as being structurally deficient. The rating system is not necessarily for the safety of the bridge but an indicator of when it will qualify for state and federal funding for replacement and repair. Among these are 103...