A Rockville-owned and operated diner chain is suing a Germany-based corporation for what it says are attempts to end its decades-long operations at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.
Silver Diner filed the lawsuit in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court against Fraport, the airport concessions operator. The diner, which has operated inside the airport for two decades, is alleging breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of Fraport.
In a 48-page lawsuit, Silver Diner alleges it entered into an agreement with Fraport in 2022 as the concessionaire was seeking a new contract with the state. That contract was meant to ensure that the restaurant, which employs 120, would remain at the airport if Fraport was successful in its bid for the new contract…