The Ohio Attorney General’s office wants Norfolk Southern to pay for what are certain to be enormous costs related to a Feb. 3 train derailment that caused 38 rail cars to topple over, ignite a fire and cause resulting release of over 1 million gallons of hazardous chemicals in East Palestine.
A civil lawsuit filed March 14 in U.S. District Court in Cleveland alleges that the company violated hazardous waste and water quality laws and failed to take proper care to prevent the derailment. It cites 58 violations of federal and state environmental laws and Ohio Common Law related to the accident