SURREY (NEWS1130) – The chunks of slush and ice that came down on cars crossing the brand-new Port Mann Bridge in December 2012 are being called an “Act of God.”

The firm that that manages the bridge has responded to lawsuits filed by people who say they were hurt and their vehicles damaged by the “ice bombs,” which were the result of a winter storm; the snow and ice built up on the bridge’s cables before dropping onto traffic below.

Several vehicles were damaged, hundreds of claims were filed with ICBC and lawsuits were launched.

Transportation Investment Corporation has now filed court documents in response to one suit, which claims a driver was injured when her vehicle was hit.

TI Corp claims the incident was the result of a “confluence of extreme environmental conditions both unforeseen and unforeseeable … and was the inevitable result of an Act of God.”

The documents claim reasonable care was taken in the design and construction of the bridge, and its operation and maintenance.

Nothing has been proven either way in court.