Derailment Class Counsel: Plaintiffs’ Motions Objecting To Settlement ‘Improper’

( October 13, 2025, 2:11 PM EDT) -- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The class counsel in a lawsuit against railroad company Norfolk Southern Corp. related to the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, filed a response brief on Oct. 10 in Ohio federal court arguing that the court should deny motions filed by two groups of plaintiffs seeking relief from an order granting final approval to a $600 million settlement, contending that the motions are “nothing more than an improper repetition of objections already overruled by the Court.”...