A fiery oil train derailment that forced the evacuation of hundreds of people in West Virginia last February was caused by a rail defect that railroad inspectors from CSX Corp. missed twice in the preceding months, U.S. regulators said on …
A lawyer says he has filed a lawsuit on behalf of residents who were evacuated when a CSX train car carrying hazardous material derailed and caught fire in East Tennessee on July 1. Maryville attorney Kevin Shepherd said July 10 …
About 5,000 residents evacuated after the derailment of a freight train carrying flammable and toxic gas in eastern Tennessee were allowed home on Friday as investigators looked into the cause of the fiery accident. Authorities were examining the black box …
A lawsuit filed Friday by Amtrak and CSX alleges that a trucking company caused a March train derailment that injured 55 people by failing to take safety precautions or warn that the track was blocked. The lawsuit in a Raleigh …
Federal regulators say CSX Transportation has agreed to a long-term plan for cleaning up and restoring the area around a fiery oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia. Under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency order released Friday, CSX must submit a …
The father of a young woman killed by a train on the set of a movie about Gregg Allman said the family is suing the singer and filmmakers as part of a “wakeup call” to make Hollywood safer. Sarah Jones’ …
More than 30 people are suing CSX Transportation because of a collapsed bridge over a railroad track in Berkeley County. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported a train hit the 110-foot bridge on Cypress Gardens Road last month causing …
A West Virginia radiologist and two Pennsylvania attorneys who were involved in thousands of asbestos lawsuits have been found guilty of civil racketeering for conspiring to fabricate claims against CSX Transportation. The Wheeling, W.Va., jury on Dec. 20 ordered Pittsburgh …
The Supreme Court says a man can use a federal law to collect damages against a railroad. The high court on Thursday ruled in a 5-4 decision that CSX Transportation, Inc. should compensate Robert McBride for an accident under the …
