I-35 Bridge Collapse: Who to Sue When the Design Firm Responsible Is No More?

After a disaster involving something man-made, there’s usually a period after a couple of months when the lawyers come out and settlements get made, etc. But what happens when there’s no one to ask for reparations? Such is the case with the families of the deceased or injured in this summer’s bridge collapse in Minnesota. Now that the determination has come down that the accident happened due to faulty a design, it’s also been revealed that the company behind that design no longer exists and the statue-of-limitations has run out.