Families file $50M lawsuit over cargo ship deaths of 2 N.J. firefighters

The families of two firefighters who perished last July aboard a burning cargo ship at Port Newark have filed a $50 million wrongful death complaint in federal court that charges negligence, carelessness and recklessness on the part of the city, the shipping company and others led to the untimely deaths of the men. The lawsuit, filed late Thursday, claimed Newark failed to properly train and equip the veteran firefighters to deal with the dangerous conditions they faced aboard the Grande Costa d’Avorio when fire swept through the car-carrying vessel. It...