May 22, 2024
Consolidated class litigation over last year's fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment and toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, cleared a court hurdle Tuesday after a federal judge tentatively signed off on a proposed $600 million settlement between the rail giant and thousands of impacted residents and businesses.
April 09, 2024
Norfolk Southern Corp. has agreed to settle the consolidated class action claims brought against it over its tragic train derailment and toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, for $600 million, according to a joint motion filed in federal court Tuesday.
March 14, 2024
Norfolk Southern must face the bulk of the claims in consolidated suits brought over a train derailment and subsequent chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, a federal judge ruled in a spate of opinions that also kept intact most of the rail giant's third-party claims against a chemical company and two railcar leasing firms.
March 12, 2024
The National Transportation Safety Board objected to a federal magistrate judge's order compelling it to let a rail car leasing firm and a chemical company physically inspect parts of the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, last year, arguing its own investigation could be harmed.
March 05, 2024
An Ohio federal magistrate judge said Tuesday that the National Transportation Safety Board must allow rail tank car owners facing claims in sprawling consolidated litigation to inspect crucial components from the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine last year.
February 08, 2024
Rail car leasing firm GATX Corp. and chemical firm OxyVinyls LP asked an Ohio federal judge to force the National Transportation Safety Board to let them examine parts from the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine last year, claiming the agency is holding out on them.
February 01, 2024
An insurance company that investigated claims made surrounding last year's East Palestine, Ohio, derailment has asked an Ohio federal court to block a subpoena from Norfolk Southern seeking to procure its findings from the area where the accident occurred, arguing it was a nonparty to the massive litigation over the derailment.
January 31, 2024
A year after a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed on the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania, sprawling consolidated litigation and proposed regulations carry the promise of preventing a recurrence even though federal accident investigators have not yet issued a final determination on what caused the disaster.
January 01, 2024
The new year in Ohio will ring in more developments in claims over the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine and a fight by FirstEnergy investors to keep class certification, with both matters having already spawned a cavalcade of complaints.
October 17, 2023
Norfolk Southern told an Ohio federal judge that the owners of five tank cars transporting a highly flammable toxic chemical during February's derailment in East Palestine cannot evade liability for damages in consolidated litigation because they used modified or noncompliant tank cars.