A San Francisco official has filed a negligence action against the parties connected with the freighter that spilled 58,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay after hitting a bridge on Nov. 7.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced Monday that a suit was filed in San Francisco Superior Court, under the state's Lempert-Keene-Seastrand Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act, and other state laws.
The spill developed after the M/V Cosco Busan–a 65,131-ton, 900-foot long container ship–struck the base of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, ripping a gash in the ship's hull, pouring out heavy bunker fuel.
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