Judge Lifts Stay On Expert Motions, Parties Challenge Decree In Ohio Train Case

( June 15, 2026, 11:45 AM EDT) -- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — An Ohio federal judge has lifted a stay, permitting a magistrate judge to rule on pending motions challenging the admissibility of experts in Ohio’s lawsuit against the operator of the train that derailed in 2023 and spilled toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio. Meanwhile, intervenors filed a complaint challenging a $311,175,000 proposed consent decree that would resolve some of the claims in the case, arguing that the decree is based on a “fundamentally false factual premise” about the remaining risks posed by contamination....

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