The company owned by the eastern Palestine Railway Train train in 2023. years will not have to help pay $ 600 million Norfolk south agreed with residents.
The Ohio Jury decided that GATX was not responsible for the settlement, although the failure of the carrying railway pellet caused a bunch of 3, 2023. years. GATX held Norfolk southern operated and inspected the train and all cars and was responsible for safe delivery.
“GATX is satisfied with a trial outcome, which confirms what we’ve known for a while: Norfolk Southern itself is responsible for the disorder and results in the eastern Palestine,” said the statement in the statement.
Norfolk Southern Judgment called disappointing, but said he would not affect the liabilities of the railway for all affected disorders.
“Norfolk South, Norfolk South Paid the costs related to the disorder, and acted on their own risk. Our belief was always other companies, such as GATX, which in that responsibility should also be in the account.”
After the train in accordance with the East Palestine, the range of chemicals spilled and ignited. Then three days later, officials Blew opened five tanks Filled with vinyl chloride because they were afraid that those cars could explode, generate a massive black smoke shower that spreads in the area and forcing evacuation.
Norfolk South lost a similar lawsuit Last year, when he tried to force GATX and Oxivinil, who made Vinyl Chloride, in order to pay the environmental cleaning after a disorder that cost Railway with Atlantine more than $ 1 billion. He made Similar arguments At this trial.
These lawsuits have no impact on how many money and the village of East Palestine will receive from their settlements with rail. These cases affect only which company writes the check.
Oksivinili last week agreed to a settlement With Norfolk south in this lawsuit on the settlement of classes after releaurarian lawyers have asked questions about the inconsistent information that the chemical company provided whether it was necessary to perform ventilation and discharge vinyl chloride. Details of that settlement are not released.
The National Treatment Security Committee confirmed in its investigation that bleeding and combustion operation was unnecessary because the tank cars rested with a refrigerator and a stripe Failed to listen Councils of experts for oxyvinila or share their opinions with officials who have made a decision.
The railroad said that GATX was to do more to take care of the railroad rail, especially after it was surrounded by flood waters, which could damage its bearings.
But Gatx said he complied with all relevant concerns to take care of his railways. The company said that even if the car damaged six years standing in the middle of the flood waters from Harvey Harvey, the railway was supposed to notice the problem and fix it for repair repairs.
National security board for transportation He said the collision was caused by failing to overheat bearing on the gatx rail area. The rail sensors noticed a bed that began to heat up in miles before the draw, but did not reach critical temperature and launched an alarm to immediately before pulling out. It left a crew a little time to stop the train.
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