A vice president of the Atlanta branch of the Federal Reserve Bank and a vice president of RealtyTrac, a firm that tracks foreclosures, didn't deliver the good news that Todd Strange was looking for Wednesday.
More than a week after tons of concrete and 10 men went crashing down into Lake Pontchartrain's chilly waters, leaving one construction worker dead, officials have no clear idea how a common procedure in a common construction design quickly turned into tragedy at the site of the new twin spans bridge.
Officials are sure they know what happened: A 70-ton girder rolled off the cap that tops the pillars supporting the bridge.
DuPont Co. has found high levels of the toxic chemical C8 in the blood of workers at a new Teflon plant in China, despite company promises to greatly reduce exposures and emissions.
Thomas J. Methvin began his legal career with Beasley Allen in 1988 representing victims of consumer fraud. He has served as Managing Shareholder of the firm since 1998. In 2007, Tom was featured in Fortune Magazine as one of America's Premier Lawyers, and was chosen by Birmingham Magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in Alabama in the field of personal injury and mass torts.
The St. Tammany Coroner's office has identified the man who died yesterday after a construction accident on the new Twin Spans bridge.
A construction worker was killed and three others were injured when a portion of the new Twin Span Bridge collapsed Thursday. Emergency officials at the scene said that dive crews have found the body of a man missing in the collapse, but they are waiting for a crane to lift a girder, which has trapped the body underwater, reported WDSU-TV.
NEW ORLEANS -- Dive crews are searching Lake Pontchartrain for a worker who fell in after a construction accident on the new Twin Span Bridge, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Construction of the most expensive public works project in Louisiana's history was shut down indefinitely Thursday as authorities began investigating a noon accident that sent 10 workers plunging into Lake Pontchartrain, leaving one dead, at the Interstate 10 twin spans.
A construction worker was killed and three others were injured when a portion of the new Twin Span Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain collapsed Thursday.
Kansas Attorney General Steve Six filed suit Friday against 13 drug manufacturers, claiming the companies artificially inflated drug prices for medicines commonly prescribed to Medicaid recipients.