March 08, 2023
U.S. District Judge Benita Y. Pearson from the Northern District of Ohio on Wednesday gave counsel one week to propose a consolidation structure for 18 separate class action lawsuits brought against Norfolk Southern over the catastrophic derailment last month in East Palestine.
March 01, 2023
An Ohio federal judge presiding over numerous proposed class actions over last month's train derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, said Wednesday that she was eyeing consolidating all the cases to help streamline the court proceedings.
February 27, 2023
Norfolk Southern Corp. agreed Monday afternoon to give more time to residents and business owners near East Palestine, Ohio, suing over a derailment and chemical spill to inspect the contaminated wreckage still on-site before the railroad giant engages in substantial cleanup efforts mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
February 13, 2023
Lawsuits against Norfolk Southern Corp. are piling up like the train cars that derailed near the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania and released "abnormally dangerous and ultra-hazardous chemicals," with a new federal suit seeking a 30-mile radius around the "toxic chemical explosion" as the zone of proposed class members.