Baltimore Bridge victims' families will take legal action to hold ship owner liable
Source: The Independent
12 hours ago
The families of victims who died in the Baltimore Bridge disaster are planning to file a request to stop the ship’s owner from escaping liability.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River on March 26 after being hit by the Dali, a 984ft cargo vessel, which had experienced two electrical failures the day before the incident and lost power shortly before it hit the structure.
Six construction workers who were on the bridge at the time were killed: Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, Jose Mynor Lopez, Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, Carlos Daniel Hernández, Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes and Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval. The families of Luna Gonzalez, Lopez and Castillo Cabrera now intend to submit a limitation of liability proceeding against Grace Ocean Private Limited, the ship’s owner, according to a Tuesday press conference.
Grace Ocean Limited filed a motion in April along with the ship’s operator, Synergy Marine, seeking to limit its liability in the incident to $43.7million, the value of the ship and its cargo at the time of the disaster. The families’ motion will be filed in Maryland’s District Court before a September 24 deadline, set by the federal court, after the companies filed their petition.
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