The Tribune

By AVA TURNQUEST

Tribune Chief Reporter

aturnquest@tribunemedia.net

A MARATHON family has filed a lawsuit against Rubis Bahamas and the former operators of the service station at Robinson and Old Trail Roads.

Adrianne and Richard Munroe are seeking damages for personal injuries sustained and damage caused to their property as a result of a gasoline leak, according to the generally indorsed writ of summons filed last week in the Supreme Court.

Filed on April 10, the plaintiffs claim that the leak was caused by the “nuisance and or negligence of the defendants”.

Last month, the couple filed an affidavit in support of Cable Bahamas’ application for interim injunctive relief to close the gas station on the grounds that it is unsafe.

Mrs Munroe, 56, deposed the affidavit on behalf of her 59-year-old husband Richard, and 30-year-old daughter Annie-Laurie Munroe as residents of 1 Grace Avenue at the time of the estimated 24,000-30,000 gallons of gas leak.

The family has lived at the Marathon residence for more than 38 years, according to the court document.

Cable Bahamas is suing Rubis and former operator Fiorente Management for up to $15m in damages, alleging that their “negligence” resulted in its property, mainly its customer service building, being contaminated by the 2012 gasoline leak.

Rubis (Bahamas) and Fiorente Management are both resisting Cable Bahamas’ efforts to obtain a summary judgment against them, while blaming each other for the massive gasoline leak that sparked the initial claim.