New allegations in deadly Baltimore bridge collapse

In a new court filing, lawyers for the city of Baltimore argue the owner of the ship that caused the collapse failed to repair known power problems. ABC News' Andrew Dymburt reports.

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[lindaj]

What about the liability for killing 6 people? Would 43 million even cover that?! They should be liable for compensating the family and the rebuilding of the bridge.

[RAWGRIP]

Shipping company should pay back100% the cost of damage.

[scottkaiser]

The company should foot the bill for the bridge

[ouroboris]

Of course prices are going to go up. "Never let a disaster go to waste."

[aprilsmith]

Pay the families of those who died...🇿🇦

[irichardwilling]

The owner of the ship is going to have to pay for all of this

[cat]

Once again, people not wanting to do their jobs to the fullest capacity.

[Splendor]

Wait. Things will get more expensive? Shocking

[SAM]

Bridge collapse? The bridge was hit by a ship and broke.

[verysimlpesimon]

43 million cap? they must be insane. clean up alone will cost more than that. let alone negligence causing 6 peoples deaths...not to mention couple billion or so to rebuild that bridge..plus all the months or years of loss wages and income from the city damages..noway is 43 million going to cover all that

[salmonella]

Why should I pay higher prices for goods because of someone else’s negligence?

[eddiel]

Not one ship should pass through there until every person is recovered from the river.

[HilarityBribo]

Wonder if they'll try and link Trump to it.

[Galaxylord]

We shouldn't be paying for higher prices on any goods. Consumers can't pay for necessities now. Passing this cost to us and your pushing for depression. Nobody is buying things now. Consumers have had enough!

[longrange]

It makes sense for the city to start pointing fingers when it was the ports diesel fuel that had been diluted with water. We need a thorough investigation.

[parkerholden]

Probable cause, based on information available at this time is load share problems between parallel generators. This can be caused by operator error, design error or a defective component. Sailing with a malfunctioning system is very poor judgement. The NTSB investigation will likely add detail to the power failure problem. It can be quite complicated.

[shanechostetler]

Sue Lloyds of London, they underwrite most shipping lines.

[Hans-fzcc]

6 construction workers killed, were they working on the bridge ??, was something seriously wr9ng with the bridge ??

[gregorymoore]

Even besides the risk of collapsing a bridge... why would anybody be willing to try to cross the ocean in a ship that is known to keep loosing power?

[erniea]

You can bet that it is insurance carriers who are trying to dodge responsibility. In the world of scumbags, insurance companies are at the top of the heap.
They put billions of $ into lobbying for favorable legislation, too....