The company that owns the railway that caused the exit of the devastating eastern Palestine train in 2023 will not have to Southern Norfolk He agreed with the population.

On Wednesday, a jury decided on Wednesday that Gatx is not responsible for the settlement, although the failure of the rail car insurance that carries plastic pellets caused accumulation on February 3, 2023. Gatx maintained Ali It runs and searches the southern Norfolk The train and all cars were safe from delivering the shipment safely.

The company said in a statement, “Gatx is pleased with the result of the trial, which confirms what we knew at some time: the southern Norfolk alone is responsible for the deviation and damage resulting in eastern Palestine,” the company said in a statement.

The southern Norfolk described the referee disappointment, but said that it would not affect the railway obligations towards everyone affected by the exit.

“For more than two years, Norfolk paid the costs related to registration with recognition and disposal of our own responsibility for the accident. It was always our belief that Gatx was participating in this responsibility and should be relied upon as well,” the railway said in a statement.

After the train went out of its path in eastern Palestine, a variety of chemicals were spilled and flared up. Then after three days, the officialsFive tank cars explodedFilled with vinyl pepper because they are afraid that these cars will explode, generating a huge black column of smoke that spreads in the area and forcing the evacuation.

Southern NorfolkI lost a similar suitLast year, when I tried to force GATX and Oxyvinyls, which made vinyl chloride, to help pay the price of environmental cleaning after the predecessor that cost the Atlanta -based railways. I madeSimilar argumentsIn this trial.

These lawsuits do not affect the amount of money that East population will obtain from their settlements with railways. These cases only affect the company that writes the check.

Last week, Oxyvinil agreed to acolonyWith Norfolk Souton in this lawsuit regarding the settlement of class action after rail lawyers raised questions about the inconsistent information provided by the chemical company about whether it is necessary to perform the venting and burning of vinyl chloride. The details of this settlement were not released.

The National Transport Safety Council confirmed in its investigation that the process of venting and burning it wasunnecessaryBecause the tank cars are starting to cool and railwaysFailureTo the advice of Oxyvinil experts or sharing their opinions with officials who made the decision.

The railway said that Gatx should have done more to take care of the railway, especially after it was surrounded by flood water, which could have damaged its bearings.

But Gatx said she complied with all relevant regulations to care for railway cars. The company said that even if the car was damaged six years ago by standing parked in the middle of the flood water from Hurricane Harvey, the railway must have discovered the problem and repaired, and sending the repair bill.

National Transport Safety CouncilHe said that the accident had occurredWith a feverish -temperature height failure on the GATX railway. The rail sensors have monitored the loaded that began to heat in miles before deviation, but they did not reach a critical temperature and lead to a warning even before the deviation. Leave the crew little time to stop the train.

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