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Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for details of $600 million derailment settlement – Metro Philadelphia

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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad’s disastrous 2023 derailment in Ohio want residents to talk with them before deciding the historic deal isn’t enough. They said Wednesday that the settlement for everyone within 20 miles (32 kilometers) of the East Palestine disaster is bigger than any derailment settlement ever made public, including the worst in recent …

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Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for details of $600 million derailment settlement – Metro Philadelphia

4 months ago·Philadelphia, United States

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$600M settlement of East Palestine derailment class action suit draws flak

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio —The proposed $600 million settlement of a 100,000-person class action suit against Norfolk Southern for its toxic freight train derailment just over a year ago is drawing flak—even if the union whose members got sick cleaning up the messy aftermath, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of the Way Employees/Teamsters, hasn’t discussed the case, yet. The chief critics are East Palestine residents who believe no amount of money can …

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