Washington company pays for bridge damage caused by their negligence – QNT Press Release

Las Vegas, Nevada, July 4, 2021-(ACN Newswire)-In a document recently published under the Washington State Public Records Act (PRA), the Washington State Attorney General’s Office provided The result of a litigation settlement agreement. Bridge strike accident in 2016. Public documents reveal details of the settlement between Modern Machinery, a Dennis R. Washington company, and others regarding the bridge strike at the Chamber Way overpass on Interstate 5.

The settlement is due to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) filing a lawsuit against Modern Machinery, a division of Washington Corporation and other unrelated companies, involving the tragic and highly preventable bridge strike that occurred on July 22, 2016. Choose to use mediation to release the reserve court system. The parties to the litigation agreed to mediate the case to pay for damages to the WSDOT infrastructure based on their contributions to the damage to the bridge.

One of the grounds for WSDOT’s lawsuit against the Washington company was its negligence when loading two pieces of equipment…