The owner of the Montauk-docked boat where designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra died was once sued for allegedly biting a retired FDNY firefighter on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 at a Manhattan concert.

Former smoke-eater Michael Balfe, a Ground Zero first responder, claimed he was attacked by Christopher Durnan, 60, during a show at Webster Hall on Sept. 11, 2021, according to a civil suit he filed the following year.

The lawsuit alleged Durnan “bit and assaulted” Balfe in an unprovoked attack.

Balfe “sustained serious and permanent injuries, suffered, does suffer and will continue to suffer agony to body and mind,” according to the since-settled suit. 4

Durnan had denied any wrongdoing, arguing Balfe initiated the fight and that his “use of force was reasonable under the circumstanc

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