Deborah Hedlund

34 Minneapolis bridge collapse victims seek punitive damages from firm that evaluated span. Victims of the deadly 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse took legal steps Monday to seek punitive damages against an engineering firm that evaluated the bridge's structural integrity before it fell.

Construction co. settles 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse litigation; other suits pending. Victims and the families of those killed in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis in 2007 agreed Friday to settle their lawsuits against a construction company that was resurfacing the span at the time.