Montana Jury Awards $8M In Pair Of Lawsuits Against BNSF

(April 24, 2024, 9:53 AM EDT) -- GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A federal jury in Montana found that BNSF Railway Co.’s handling of asbestos at the Libby, Mont., vermiculite mine fell outside its duties as a common carrier and awarded $4 million to each of two plaintiffs who died as a result of their resulting exposures to asbestos....