BANGOR (AP) – A Winterport woman has filed a federal lawsuit against former longtime MBNA president Charles Cawley claiming Cawley and the company are responsible for injuries she suffered from the wake of a speeding yacht.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, accuses the Delaware-based credit card company and Cawley of negligence and asks for unspecified monetary damages.

In the suit, Nancy Pendleton says she was a passenger on the power boat Chimera when it encountered Impatience shortly before noon on Sept. 2, 2001, south of Owls Head.

According to the suit, Impatience approached Chimera from behind and passed it without giving a signal. Pendleton claims that Cawley, who has a home in Camden, was at the helm and increased the speed of his vessel as it passed Chimera, causing a large swell that caused Chimera to roll violently.

The sudden pitch and roll resulted in Pendleton “being thrown about the Chimera, suffering personal injury,” according to the suit. Pendleton alleges that Cawley operated Impatience “in a negligent fashion, in deviation from the reasonable care standard under maritime law, and that negligence was the proximate cause” of her injuries.

Neither MBNA nor Pendleton’s attorney, Richard Silver of Bangor, responded Monday to requests for comment.