Article: Raytheon, Idaho-Based Washington Group End Legal War over Construction Unit.

By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 9--Raytheon Co. and Washington Group International Inc. agreed yesterday to drop competing claims and end their bitter legal battle over the sale of Raytheon's heavy-construction unit last year.

If approved by a bankruptcy court judge, the settlement would lift some uncertainty from the financial outlook for Raytheon, the Lexington-based defense contractor, and support a broader agreement to allow Idaho-based Washington Group to emerge from bankruptcy protection.

The construction firm launched the legal battle in March, claiming in a lawsuit that Raytheon had hidden cost ...

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