Bishop sues woman

The bishop of the Rapid City Catholic Diocese has sued a Maryland woman for negligence because of a car crash.

Blase Cupich filed his lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Rapid City against Natalie Kay Germain Smith of Landover, Md.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday, said a car driven by Smith rear-ended a taxi that Cupich was in on Dec. 2, 2002, after the bishop had arrived on a flight from Rapid City to National Airport in Washington, D.C. He was en route to a meeting of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops.