Some of the railcars that derailed Friday night when a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed are in the process of being cleaned up on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Ohio town grapples with toxic spill fallout
A class-action lawsuit in East Palestine, Ohio — the site of a major train derailment and toxic spill this month — hopes to replicate the opioid-lawsuit playbook.
The lawsuit has been filed against Norfolk Southern Railway, the operator of the train carrying toxic chemicals that derailed on Feb. 3.
Plaintiffs in the case — residents from the East Palestine area — are seeking oversight over the cleanup process and the creation of a fund for medical monitoring.
The lawsuit invokes the legal doctrine of public nuisance, which has previously been used to take on both tobacco and opioid companies. We have more on the effort at TheHill.com.
The effort comes as theNational Transportation Safety Board on Thursday released its preliminary report on the train wreck.
While the board has not yet identified a probable cause, the early report seemingly confirmed that a wheel bearing overheated just before the train jumped the track.
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has upped its estimate for the number of animals killed by the derailment of train cars carrying hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, to nearly 44,000.
House Republicans are launching a probe of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s response to the derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio, marking the latest spark to partisan tensions surrounding the incident.
A Youngstown, Ohio-based law firm has announced a class-action lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway over the derailment of a train in East Palestine, using a strategy it says echoes the state’s 1990s lawsuit against tobacco companies.
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