Ohio Gas Train Derailment

Norfolk Southern agreed to pay $600 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a February 2023 derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio. Norfolk Southern was carrying a variety of toxic chemicals, including vinyl chloride, which is used to make plastics, when the train derailed last year. Many residents of East Palestine still fear for their safety.

$600 million settlement agreement reached following East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. If a court approves the settlement, all class-action claims within a 20-mile radius of the derailment will be resolved. The agreement does not include any admission of liability, wrongdoing or fault. The settlement will be submitted to the court for approval later this month.

Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600 million for East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. About 50 cars of the freight train - which had roughly 150 cars and three locomotives - derailed on the outskirts of East Palestine. An evacuation covered 1,500 to 2,000 of the town's approximately 4,800 to 4,900 residents.

Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600 million for East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. Company says settlement will resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius from derailment, personal injury claims. Settlement doesn't include or constitute any admission of liability, wrongdoing, or fault, Norfolk Southern says.

Norfolk Southern has already spent more than $1.1 billion on its response to the derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio. The settlement is expected to be submitted for preliminary approval to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio later in April 2024. Payments to class members under the settlement could begin by the end of the year.

Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600M in settlement related to train derailment in eastern Ohio. The company said Tuesday that the agreement, if approved by the court, will resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius of the derailment. Residents worry the money not only wont go far enough to cover future health needs that could be tremendous but also wont amount to much once divvied up.

The settlement is expected to be submitted for preliminary approval to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio later in April 2024. Payments to class members under the settlement could begin by the end of the year, subject to final court approval.

Norfolk Southern has already spent more than $1.1 billion on its response to the derailment, including $104 million in direct aid to East Palestine and its residents. The settlement is expected to be submitted for preliminary approval to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio later in April 2024. Payments to class members under the settlement could begin by the end of the year.

Norfolk Southern has already spent more than $1.1 billion on its response to the derailment, including $104 million in direct aid to East Palestine and its residents. The settlement is expected to be submitted for preliminary approval to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio later in April 2024. Payments to class members under the settlement could begin by the end of the year.

Norfolk Southern has already spent more than $1.1 billion on its response to the derailment, including $104 million in direct aid to East Palestine and its residents. The settlement is expected to be submitted for preliminary approval to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio later in April 2024. Payments to class members under the settlement could begin by the end of the year.