Lawsuits piling up against Norfolk Southern after train derailment
At least seven class-action suits have been filed accusing the company of exposing locals to cancer-causing toxins.
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And to top it all off, I've seen more than a few pictures of "cleanup crew" personnel working out there without any sort of protective gear other than a fluorescent vest.
No respirators.
No chemical resistant clothing.
Just a fluorescent vest. So they're relatively safe from being shot by nearby hunters.
No respirators.
No chemical resistant clothing.
Just a fluorescent vest. So they're relatively safe from being shot by nearby hunters.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has approved resuming shipments of contaminated liquid and soil out of East Palestine, Ohio, where a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed earlier this month.
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Another Norfolk Southern Train Derailed Just Hours Before Congressional Hearing
The incident in Alabama is at least the company's fourth derailment in just over a month, including the East Palestine, Ohio disaster.
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The whole thing is down to cost benefit. Auto makers do the same damn thing. They'll KNOW they have a design flaw on something, but they'll then weigh how much it would cost to fix it on all the cars they've already built and/or sold vs. how much money it will cost them to pay off the drivers of the ones that actually fail.
If a derailment on average is only costing a rail carrier $50,000 - $100,000 and it would cost 2.8 billion dollars to go through and replace/repair all the bad sections of track they know they have on top of fixing the old, outdated cars they've been using since the 1950's, then they're not going to replace/repair any of the tracks or cars.
Even after this disaster, which is going to cost them close to a billion by the end of it all, they'll not do it. Because they'll be right back to playing the roulette wheel of cost/benefit.
They all do it. Airlines, Car Makers, even Food Services do it. Just keep on trucking and hope that you can pay off the "little disasters" without ever hitting the lottery of the huge, epic disaster.
That's what deregulation has done to the United States. It's also why personal injury law became the fastest growing segment of lawyers in the nation by far.
Try to find a criminal attorney these days. It's not nearly as easy as you think.
But get in a car accident and you'll have 100 voice mails from personal injury attorneys on your phone before you even wake up in the hospital.
They all know that everything is leveraged. It's only a matter of time before "the big one" hits.
If a derailment on average is only costing a rail carrier $50,000 - $100,000 and it would cost 2.8 billion dollars to go through and replace/repair all the bad sections of track they know they have on top of fixing the old, outdated cars they've been using since the 1950's, then they're not going to replace/repair any of the tracks or cars.
Even after this disaster, which is going to cost them close to a billion by the end of it all, they'll not do it. Because they'll be right back to playing the roulette wheel of cost/benefit.
They all do it. Airlines, Car Makers, even Food Services do it. Just keep on trucking and hope that you can pay off the "little disasters" without ever hitting the lottery of the huge, epic disaster.
That's what deregulation has done to the United States. It's also why personal injury law became the fastest growing segment of lawyers in the nation by far.
Try to find a criminal attorney these days. It's not nearly as easy as you think.
But get in a car accident and you'll have 100 voice mails from personal injury attorneys on your phone before you even wake up in the hospital.
They all know that everything is leveraged. It's only a matter of time before "the big one" hits.