The state is alleging Norfolk Southern engaged in ‘operational negligence’

The lawsuit seeks to force the company to pay for groundwater and soil monitoring in the years ahead and economic losses in the area.

Rail company faces 58-count civil lawsuit over chemical-releasing derailment and ‘long string’ of other hazardous incidents

Ohio has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month

Ohio sued rail operator Norfolk Southern Corp. over what the state described as the “entirely avoidable” train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals last month in the town of East Palestine.

A blocked sewer caused the road drain to leak untreated sewage onto a quiet street in Aberfeldy, Perthshire.