The railroad company agrees to a $600 million settlement in the East Palestine train disaster

Editor’s note, April 9, 1:15 pm ET: On April 9, the Norfolk Southern railway company announced that it agreed to pay $600 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a February 2023 derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio. The derailed train was carrying a variety of toxic chemicals, including vinyl chloride, which is used to make plastics….