Nearly $300 million of the settlement has been on hold because of the appeal though a judge approved the deal in September
FILE - This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 4, 2023. have asked a court to reject a judge’s order requiring them to put up an $850,000 bond to continue theirNearly $300 million of the settlement has been on hold because of the appeal even though a judge approved the deal in September.
Attorney David Graham said his clients are pressing ahead with the appeal in the belief that the settlement does not do enough to compensate them for possible future health effects. They worry the contaminants could lead toand other serious ailments in the future, and they want to know what the lawyers uncovered during their investigation so they can better judge the risks.
At the time, dozens of railcars careened off the tracks, spilling their toxic contents and catching fire. The disaster was made worse three days later when officials decided toThe main payments of up to $75,000 per household for property damage have been on hold because of the appeal. The amounts people are to receive from the settlement gradually decrease the further they are from the derailment site — down to just a few hundred dollars at the outer edges.
The class-action attorneys always emphasized the largest possible payments in their meetings in the community, but the official formula dictating how much each person would receive was not available until after the settlement was approved.says that to receive a full payment, residents had to have returned to their homes before the evacuation order was lifted on Feb. 8, 2023.
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