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Baltimore hires lawyers to pursue legal liability for bridge accident

The law firm will work to ”protect the interests of the city” by holding the actors associated with the container ship accountable.
In a press conference, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced that the city will therefore do everything in its power to support the affected parties and work to seek compensation from those potentially responsible for the accident. The image is from a press conference held in another connection with the bridge accident. | Photo: Matt Rourke/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
In a press conference, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced that the city will therefore do everything in its power to support the affected parties and work to seek compensation from those potentially responsible for the accident. The image is from a press conference held in another connection with the bridge accident. | Photo: Matt Rourke/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
by METTE GRUBE CONDRUP

Baltimore’s mayor is hiring two law firms to file a lawsuit against the owner, charterer and operator of the container ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused its collapse. 

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