Landowner Seeks $75,000 in Damages From Global Tower Holdings

A Glen Burnie, Maryland, landowner is seeking $75,000 from a subsidiary of American Tower in U.S. District Court in Maryland, said an amended complaint filed Monday in docket 22-cv-02456-LKG. Global Tower Holdings’ use of an easement to access a cellphone tower on top of a building owned by Olcan III Properties has caused Olcan “to incur repair costs and to lose rents and profits,” said the filing, which seeks damages for breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation, negligence and public nuisance. Global Tower’s “actions with its equipment and its lack of maintenance and care of Plaintiff’s property which has caused substantial and unreasonable harm to Plaintiff,” said the complaint. A response from the tower company is due Dec. 6. American Tower announced its agreement to buy Global Tower Partners in September 2013 for $4.8 billion.