Norfolk Southern Agrees to Pay $600 Million in East Palestine Train Derailment Settlement

Published on April 9, 2024

Norfolk Southern Corporation announced on Tuesday it has reached a $600 million agreement to resolve a class action lawsuit related to the 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The settlement comes in the wake of the Feb. 3, 2023 incident in which a Norfolk Southern Railway freight train carrying 151 cars derailed, spilling hazardous chemicals, including vinyl chloride, onto the ground and into the air. Burning vinyl chloride also produces a small amount of phosgene gas, which was used as a chemical weapon on World War I battlefields. When 38 of the rail cars derailed, a fire ensued, damaging an additional 12 cars. Of the 20 cars carrying hazardous materials, 11 derailed, according to the National Transportation Safety Board....

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