Thank you, United States Attorney Barron. I am Chetan Patil, the Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division’s Torts Branch. This morning, attorneys within the Civil Division filed a claim against Grace Ocean and Synergy, the owner and operator of the Motor Vessel DALI, to recover more than $100 million in federal taxpayer funds that were spent in responding to the tragic destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The suit also seeks punitive damages against these entities, who reaped the profits of conducting business in American ports but did so by engaging in reckless and grossly negligent conduct that led to this catastrophe.
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