Ohio Residents Appealing Derailment Settlement Not Giving Up

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Residents challenging Norfolk Southern’s $600 million settlement for the disastrous East Palestine, Ohio, train crash have asked a court to reject a judge’s order requiring them to put up an $850,000 bond to continue their appeal for higher compensation and more information about the contamination.

Nearly $300 million of the settlement has been on hold because of the appeal even though a judge approved the deal in September. The holdout residents are urging the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to stop them from having to put up the huge sum to continue with their claims stemming from the February 2023 derailment and fire.

Class-action attorneys who negotiated with Norfolk Southern have said the appeal will add significant administrative costs for the firm disbursing personal injury payments to people who lived or worked within 20 miles of the derailment site even though $18 million has already been se…