The cargo ship Dali’s transformer was “jury-rigged” and had “cracked over time” and its backup transformer was unable to help because a safety feature had been “recklessly disabled,” contributing to the vessel ultimately knocking down the Francis Scott Key Bridge,

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking more than $100 million from the two corporations that owned and operated the container ship that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the owner and operator of the container ship that rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, seeking $100 million in damages.