A civil court case filed last month in U.S. District Court in Baltimore - alleging racketeering by Sparrows Point shipyard owner Vincent F. Barletta and others - has been settled for an undisclosed amount, according to the plaintiff's attorney.
The suit was filed by ship-breaking company Clean Venture Inc., which had won a $750,000 judgment earlier from the North American Ship Recycling company, or NASR, where Barletta was a vice president.
NASR disappeared from its Sparrows Point location before the judgment - money owed for contracting work - was paid, leading Clean Venture to sue Barletta along with his brother, their attorney, multiple colleagues and affiliated businesses.
