In re: East Palestine Train Derailment

  1. June 13, 2024

    Norfolk Southern Slams Bid To Seal Reports In Derailment Suit

    Norfolk Southern ripped into a chemical company's bid to seal two expert reports from a former first responder that the railroad sought to file in the multidistrict litigation over last year's derailment and chemical spill in Ohio, saying the chemical firm's arguments are weak and misstate the issues.

  2. May 22, 2024

    $600M Norfolk Southern Derailment Deal Gets Early Court OK

    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.

  3. April 09, 2024

    Norfolk Southern Settles Train Derailment Suits For $600M

    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.

  4. March 14, 2024

    Norfolk Southern Must Face Most Derailment Suit Claims

    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.

  5. March 12, 2024

    NTSB Slams Order To Allow Hands-On Train Parts Inspection

    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.

  6. March 05, 2024

    Tank Car Cos. Can Inspect Derailed Train Parts, Judge Says

    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.

  7. February 08, 2024

    NTSB Accused Of Withholding Derailed Train Parts

    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.

  8. February 01, 2024

    Insurer Fights Railroad Subpoena For Ohio Derailment Docs

    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.

  9. January 31, 2024

    The Rail Industry And The East Palestine Wreck: 1 Year Later

    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.

  10. January 01, 2024

    Ohio Legal Battles To Watch In 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.