Lawyers say few people ultimately opted out of the $600 million class action settlement Norfolk Southern offered to people affected by last year's disastrous East Palestine train derailment despite the questions residents raised about the deal.
FILE - This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day, Feb. 4, 2023. Very few people ultimately opted out of the $600 million class action settlement Norfolk Southern offered to people affected by last year’s disastrous derailment despite the questions residents raised about the deal.
A handful of residents filed formal objections to the deal because they believe it’s not fair that some of the people who were most affected by the derailment might wind up with the smallest settlements and that people didn’t have enough time or information to decide whether this deal is fair.
“Getting nothing for suffering and intentional poisoning is not fair or adequate,” Wallace said in her formal objection. The amount people are supposed to receive from the settlement also varies based on how close they lived to the derailment and how it affected them. Documents filed in court suggests that a family living within 2 miles of the derailment might receive $70,000 for property damage. Someone who lived farther away will get considerably less — maybe only $250 for families more than 15 miles away.
The settlement offers payments of $10,000 for injuries, but accepting that would mean that residents won’t be able to sue the railroad down the road if theyor other serious health conditions. They don’t have to accept the personal injury payment to get the money for property damage.
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