FIVE NEWPORT RESTAURANTS have filed a lawsuit seeking damages from National Grid and Enbridge over the gas outage in Newport in January. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELI SHERMAN
NEWPORT – Five restaurants in Newport have filed a lawsuit against National Grid seeking restitution payments and punitive damages over the Newport gas outage, alleging that the incident was caused by company negligence and was related to the union lockout in Massachusetts. The suit says that the plaintiffs, SSR Corp. (Sardella’s), Kale Stems LLC (Stoneacre…