Lawsuits in the 2024 Sapelo Island, Ga., gangway collapse that killed seven people and injured others were announced in separate news conferences.

Georgia News Sapelo Island gangway collapse was preventable, families allege in lawsuit The suit names several companies they say were involved in the gangway’s engineering and construction.

Survivors and family members of the seven elderly people who died in the Sapelo Island gangway collapse are suing the companies that built the ferry dock.

The survivors of a ferry dock collapse that killed seven people on Georgia's Sapelo Island last year are suing the engineering and construction companies responsible for the dock's construction.