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Ohio train derailment (1 Viewer)

Lawsuit filed against Norfolk Southern for 7 wrongful deaths due to the crash.

The new lawsuit that will be made public later on Monday contains the first seven wrongful death claims filed against Norfolk Southern railroad — including the death of a 1-week-old baby. It also alleges the railroad and its contractors botched the cleanup while officials at the EPA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on it and failed to warn residents about the health risks. Many of the other parties in the lawsuit cite lingering, unexplained health problems along with concerns something more serious could develop.
The lawsuit provides some examples of the lingering effects on families, but it doesn’t include details about the deaths.
There are at least 9 other lawsuits filed.
At least nine other lawsuits were filed over the past week by individuals and businesses that argue the railroad’s greed is to blame for the derailment and the $600 million class-action settlement doesn’t offer nearly enough compensation nor sanction the railroad enough to spur them to prevent future derailments.
 
Lawsuit filed against Norfolk Southern for 7 wrongful deaths due to the crash.

The new lawsuit that will be made public later on Monday contains the first seven wrongful death claims filed against Norfolk Southern railroad — including the death of a 1-week-old baby. It also alleges the railroad and its contractors botched the cleanup while officials at the EPA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on it and failed to warn residents about the health risks. Many of the other parties in the lawsuit cite lingering, unexplained health problems along with concerns something more serious could develop.
The lawsuit provides some examples of the lingering effects on families, but it doesn’t include details about the deaths.
There are at least 9 other lawsuits filed.
At least nine other lawsuits were filed over the past week by individuals and businesses that argue the railroad’s greed is to blame for the derailment and the $600 million class-action settlement doesn’t offer nearly enough compensation nor sanction the railroad enough to spur them to prevent future derailments.
these people are going to get pennies on the penny. not even on the dollar.

swamped with legalese until they give in and go away, i'd bet.
 
these people are going to get pennies on the penny. not even on the dollar.

swamped with legalese until they give in and go away, i'd bet.
I don't know how it'll work out. But with multiple people suing in multiple cases so far, and probably more to come, Norfolk Southern is probably going to be damaged considerably. Hopefully they'll pay more money in damages than they saved in cheaping out on track/train safety.
 
these people are going to get pennies on the penny. not even on the dollar.

swamped with legalese until they give in and go away, i'd bet.
I don't know how it'll work out. But with multiple people suing in multiple cases so far, and probably more to come, Norfolk Southern is probably going to be damaged considerably. Hopefully they'll pay more money in damages than they saved in cheaping out on track/train safety.
Just me shooting from the hip with zero research but I'm pretty sure the railroads have some level of government protection that limits all that. They also have insurance policies that will tie this up forever.
 
these people are going to get pennies on the penny. not even on the dollar.

swamped with legalese until they give in and go away, i'd bet.
I don't know how it'll work out. But with multiple people suing in multiple cases so far, and probably more to come, Norfolk Southern is probably going to be damaged considerably. Hopefully they'll pay more money in damages than they saved in cheaping out on track/train safety.
Just me shooting from the hip with zero research but I'm pretty sure the railroads have some level of government protection that limits all that. They also have insurance policies that will tie this up forever.
i don't want to name names or anything but it feels like we have real-time proof that tying up lawsuits with lawyers and money works, like, really, really well and at a certain point you can even.. i dunno... wind up in charge of a country if you kick the can far enough down the road.
 
i don't want to name names or anything but it feels like we have real-time proof that tying up lawsuits with lawyers and money works, like, really, really well and at a certain point you can even.. i dunno... wind up in charge of a country if you kick the can far enough down the road.
On similar lines, hasn't DuPont been accused of using all of its spinoffs and reorganizations to push liabilities into companies that won't have meaningful assets from which to compensate victims?
 
i don't want to name names or anything but it feels like we have real-time proof that tying up lawsuits with lawyers and money works, like, really, really well and at a certain point you can even.. i dunno... wind up in charge of a country if you kick the can far enough down the road.
On similar lines, hasn't DuPont been accused of using all of its spinoffs and reorganizations to push liabilities into companies that won't have meaningful assets from which to compensate victims?
not sure about all that but wouldn't doubt it

on a much, much, much smaller scale i recently had cause to call for a battery jump. called my insurance provider, who forwarded me to their "local" division, who sent me on to their claims department, which subsequently sent me to the local office.. who contracts with a local mechanic to provide roadside assistance.

each of those is technically a different, unaffiliated, company with a sliding scale of decreasing liability the further up you go.

so if the roadside assistance guy comes out and punches out one of my windows, it's not the fault of my insurance company at all.... though i pay them for roadside assistance coverage.
 
these people are going to get pennies on the penny. not even on the dollar.

swamped with legalese until they give in and go away, i'd bet.
I don't know how it'll work out. But with multiple people suing in multiple cases so far, and probably more to come, Norfolk Southern is probably going to be damaged considerably. Hopefully they'll pay more money in damages than they saved in cheaping out on track/train safety.
Just me shooting from the hip with zero research but I'm pretty sure the railroads have some level of government protection that limits all that. They also have insurance policies that will tie this up forever.
I can’t say much, due to corporate policy restrictions, but I’ll just say that insurance companies are not slowing down this situation. And it’s crazy how much money is being pumped into this situation from insurance and how large of coverage amounts they buy. Think > $1B…..folks, I’ll just tell you from experience that is a large amount for an event like this.
 
these people are going to get pennies on the penny. not even on the dollar.

swamped with legalese until they give in and go away, i'd bet.
I don't know how it'll work out. But with multiple people suing in multiple cases so far, and probably more to come, Norfolk Southern is probably going to be damaged considerably. Hopefully they'll pay more money in damages than they saved in cheaping out on track/train safety.
Just me shooting from the hip with zero research but I'm pretty sure the railroads have some level of government protection that limits all that. They also have insurance policies that will tie this up forever.
I can’t say much, due to corporate policy restrictions, but I’ll just say that insurance companies are not slowing down this situation. And it’s crazy how much money is being pumped into this situation from insurance and how large of coverage amounts they buy. Think > $1B…..folks, I’ll just tell you from experience that is a large amount for an event like this.

Who the hell underwites 1B in a policy?
 
these people are going to get pennies on the penny. not even on the dollar.

swamped with legalese until they give in and go away, i'd bet.
I don't know how it'll work out. But with multiple people suing in multiple cases so far, and probably more to come, Norfolk Southern is probably going to be damaged considerably. Hopefully they'll pay more money in damages than they saved in cheaping out on track/train safety.
Just me shooting from the hip with zero research but I'm pretty sure the railroads have some level of government protection that limits all that. They also have insurance policies that will tie this up forever.
I can’t say much, due to corporate policy restrictions, but I’ll just say that insurance companies are not slowing down this situation. And it’s crazy how much money is being pumped into this situation from insurance and how large of coverage amounts they buy. Think > $1B…..folks, I’ll just tell you from experience that is a large amount for an event like this.

Who the hell underwites 1B in a policy?
Nobody. But the combo of coverages being accessed is over 1B, and there are giant “towers” for these exposures.
 

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