19 hours ago · Norfolk Southern, which denies any liability, reached a settlement agreement with the Village of East Palestine, agreeing to pay $22 million to resolve all claims by the village arising from the ...

13 hours ago · Norfolk Southern Railway Company, et al. — was filed in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Columbus and involves 744 current and former residents from the East Palestine area.

6 days ago · East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving all of the village’s claims arising from the disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that prompted a national reckoning on railroad safety.. The settlement is to be used for priorities the village identifies in connection with the derailment, but it also …

In May 2024, Norfolk Southern agreed to spend $310 million as a settlement for its part in the East Palestine derailment accident that streamed dangerous chemicals into the water table, nearby rivers and waterways.

Jan 28, 2025 · Norfolk Southern and East Palestine, Ohio, reached a settlement over the February 2023 derailment that sent toxic chemicals into the area's air, soil and creeks, the village and company said in a ...

6 days ago · EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Norfolk Southern and the Village of East Palestine have reached a $22 million settlement to resolve all claims by the village resulting from the Feb. 3, 2023, derailment and hazardous-materials release, the two parties have announced. A joint statement on the East Palestine website says the village recognizes the approximately $13.5 …

6 days ago · The Village of East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million US settlement resolving all of the village's claims arising from a disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio ...

Nov 14, 2024 · At about 8:55 PM ET on February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, about a quarter-mile west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state line. Twenty of the affected cars contained hazardous materials, including vinyl chloride, ethylene glycol, ethylhexyl acrylate, butyl acrylate and isobutylene.

May 23, 2024 · Today, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement valued at over $310 million with Norfolk Southern Railway Company holding the company accountable to address and pay for the damage caused by the Feb. 3, 2023, train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

May 23, 2024 · In total, Norfolk Southern estimates that it will spend more than $1 billion to address the contamination caused by the East Palestine derailment and improve rail safety and operations, which includes this settlement with the United States valued at over $310 million, as well as around $780 million in environmental response costs incurred by ...