Lawsuit filed in US over Beirut blast for $250 mn
Victims of Lebanon’s deadly 2020 port blast have filed a quarter-billion-dollar lawsuit against a US firm for its suspected links to the tragedy, a Swiss foundation assisting the plaintiffs said Wednesday.
Accountability Now said in a statement that the claim was filed this week in Texas against US-Norwegian geophysical services group TGS.
The company owns British firm Spectrum Geo, which a decade ago chartered the Rhosus ship, which was carrying the ammonium nitrate that was subsequently unloaded at Beirut port and exploded on August 4, 2020.
