(AP) — A group of Tribune Co. creditors filed a lawsuit Friday alleging the media company's nearly two-year stint in bankruptcy protection might have been averted if not for the greed of big banks who saddled the business with more debt than it could afford to repay. The complaint filed in New York state court seeks to hold the banks behind a $8.2 billion buyout of the Tribune Co. responsible for the financial wreckage left behind by the complicated deal completed in 2007. The lawsuit's targets are JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s bank, Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch Capital Corp., Citigroup Inc.'s Citicorp and Bank of America. Attempts to reach the banks late Friday were unsuccessful. The lenders provided two phases of financing that that enabled real estate mogul Sam Zell to gain control of a company that owns major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, and more than 20 radio and TV stations.