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Appeal delays $600 million class action settlement payments in fiery Ohio derailment
Settlement checks related to Norfolk Southern’s disastrous 2023 derailment could be delayed up to two years now because an appeal of a federal judge’s decision last week to approve the $600 million deal has been filed, lawyers in the case said Monday. Many residents of East Palestine, Ohio, expressed outrage about the appeal because it will delay the payments they had been counting on to help them recover from the toxic train crash that disrupted their lives when it spewed hazardous chemicals into their community. Some people had planned to use the money to relocate. People in town who are frustrated they won’t get their money right away lashed out at Rev. Joseph Sheely and started threatening him and his wife Monday because his name is on the appeal. Sheely did challenge the settlement this summer but says now that he doesn’t want any part in the appeal. “I was trying to do something for the residents of East Palestine, including myself,” Sheely said. “But it seems like they don’t want anybody to do anything. They just want the cash. And so I’m done. I’m so totally done.”
Toxic chemicals from Ohio train derailment lingered in buildings for months – here’s what our investigation found in East Palestine
A lot went wrong in the scramble to respond after a train carrying highly volatile vinyl chloride and other chemicals derailed in 2023. The lessons can help ensure safer responses in the future.
Library levies, making up significant parts of operating budgets, head for Ohio November ballots
Ohio’s libraries are back on the ballot this November, hoping for new or continued support from their communities, with levies that represent major parts of their programming, building and materials budgets. “We refer to it as ‘keep the lights on’ money,” said Aimee Fifarek, director and CEO of The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning […]
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