In re: East Palestine Train Derailment

  1. December 05, 2025

    Ex-Derailment Deal Admin Faces Irked Judge In Contempt Bid

    The ex-administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement over the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment met skepticism as it admitted to a federal judge Friday that it had made some mistakes in distributing funds, but denied class counsel's key contention that $120 million for personal injury claims had to be divided evenly among all the claimants.

  2. November 25, 2025

    Ex-Admin Of Norfolk Southern Deal Denies Disobeying Court

    The former administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement over the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, said it had been following a federal court's plan of distribution, not defying it, when it paid personal injury claimants based on a starting amount of $25,000 each.

  3. October 24, 2025

    Admin Of $600M Derailment Deal Accused Of 'Alarming' Errors

    Class counsel who inked a $600 million derailment settlement with Norfolk Southern called on an Ohio federal judge to revoke nearly $10 million in fees paid to the case's prior settlement administrator after an initial audit found "alarming, large-scale errors" in its claims management.

  4. October 22, 2025

    Ohio Derailment Attys Can Start Contempt Bid Before Audit

    An Ohio federal judge has granted a request from class counsel to advance a bid to hold the administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million derailment settlement in contempt without having to wait for the results of a court-ordered audit. 

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  6. October 08, 2025

    Sanctions Bid In Ohio Derailment Deal Criticized As Premature

    The former administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement with the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, urged a federal court to reject the plaintiffs' bid to seek sanctions without waiting for an audit, arguing that the change in procedure would potentially double the court's workload and leave the administration firm scrambling to respond.

  7. October 06, 2025

    Attys Want Sanctions For Ex-Admin Of $600M Derailment Deal

    The attorneys representing a class of residents in and around East Palestine, Ohio, have asked a federal court to let them move ahead with seeking penalties against the former administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million derailment settlement.

  8. September 26, 2025

    Derailment Litigants Say Attys Duped Them Into $600M Deal

    Nearly 150 residents in and around East Palestine, Ohio, say plaintiffs' lawyers misled them into joining a $600 million deal with Norfolk Southern by concealing experts' testing and community members who got sick after a fiery 2023 derailment, according to a motion asking a federal judge to let them out of the settlement.

  9. June 24, 2025

    Ohio Derailment Deal Admin Wants Explanation For Ouster

    The ex-administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement with the people and businesses of East Palestine, Ohio, is asking a federal court to share why it was terminated, saying in filings Monday that the company had no idea the plaintiffs' counsel were going to ask for a new administrator.

  10. June 12, 2025

    Admin Of $600M Norfolk Southern Derailment Deal Removed

    The company administrating the payouts to plaintiffs in Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement stemming from the fiery derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, has been replaced, because it purportedly made miscalculations that overpaid some claimants.