Second lawsuit filed to prevent Myrtle Beach biker law

A second lawsuit has been filed to block Myrtle Beach from enforcing new laws meant to curtail annual motorcycle rallies held along the South Carolina coast. Greenville attorney Suzanne Coe filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Florence on behalf of the owners of several businesses.

The suit alleges that enforcing three ordinances the city passed two weeks ago would do irreparable harm to the businesses that include restaurants, bars and a North Carolina-based Web site. City spokesman Mark Kruea said that officials had not been served with the lawsuit.

A couple also has sued the city in state court over an ordinance requiring motorcycle riders to wear helmets. The lawsuit says the city is trying to supersede state law, which does not require helmets.