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CSX West Virginia Train Derailment Lawsuit Moved to US Court

 A lawsuit filed stemming from a fiery February derailment of a CSX oil train in Mount Carbon has been moved to federal court.

The Register-Herald reports that the lawsuit by more than 200 residents was moved to U.S. District Court in Huntington at the request of the rail company. The lawsuit was initially filed in state court.

The lawsuit alleges economic and property losses and also seeks punitive damages.

The civil action contends that CSX failed to properly inspect the track, train cars and cargo and failed to have to have proper procedures in place for the train’s safe operation.

Federal investigators concluded that a cracked rail that was missed in two inspections led to a broken rail and the derailment.

Officials to Reveal Cause of February Train Derailment in W.Va.

The Federal Railroad Administration is set to announce what caused a fiery oil train derailment in southern West Virginia in February.

The agency has scheduled a news conference Friday morning at BridgeValley Community and Technical College in Montgomery.

A CSX train carrying 3 million gallons of Bakken crude derailed in the town of Mount Carbon during a Feb. 16 snowstorm.

Twenty-seven of the train’s 109 cars derailed. Twenty cars leaked crude oil.

The derailment shot fireballs into the sky, burned down a nearby house and caused fires on the ground that smoldered for days.

The owner of the destroyed home was treated for inhalation injuries. No one else in the area was hurt.

Speed had previously been ruled out as a factor.

CSX Sued Over West Virginia Oil Train Derailment

A lawsuit has been filed against CSX Corp. on behalf of dozens of  southern West Virginia residents living near the site of a fiery oil train derailment.

The lawsuit was filed Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court.

Twenty-seven of the train’s 109 cars derailed during a Feb. 16 snowstorm in Mount Carbon. Twenty cars leaked crude oil, some of which burned or was released into the ground.

Charleston attorney P. Rodney Jackson says the lawsuit was filed on behalf of more than 200 residents.

Among the numerous allegations, the lawsuit says the derailment caused an interruption of the plaintiffs’ lives, including through the evacuation of homes and lost income. It also seeks medical monitoring for exposure to burning oil.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

CSX declined comment Tuesday.

CSX Train Derails in Northern W.Va.

Authorities say a CSX chemical train has derailed in Marshall County. No chemicals were spilled.

WTOV-TV reports four cars left the tracks near the Axial chemical plant around 2:30 a.m. Thursday near New Martinsville. Two cars that derailed carried chlorine and two others that left the tracks contained hydrochloric acid.

Marshall County emergency management director Tom Hart says no rail cars overturned, no chemicals were released into the environment and no one was injured.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

CSX to Hold Train Derailment Cleanup Meeting

CSX has invited the public to attend a meeting to discuss the cleanup of a February oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia.The meeting is set for…

CSX has invited the public to attend a meeting to discuss the cleanup of a February oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia.

The meeting is set for Tuesday evening at the Glen Ferris Inn.

On Feb. 16, 27 cars of a CSX train’s 109 cars derailed during a snowstorm in Mount Carbon. The cause of the derailment hasn’t been released.

Crews have focused on removing crude oil at the site and preventing potential oil sheens on the Kanawha River.

Under a March consent order with Environmental Protection Agency, the railroad agreed to a long-term plan for cleaning up and restoring the area around the derailment.

CSX Agrees to Long-Term Restoration Plan in W.Va. Derailment

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…

  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 comprehensive plan within three weeks.

Investigators have not determined what caused 27 of the CSX train’s 109 cars to go off the tracks during a Feb. 16 snowstorm in Mount Carbon.  

Response teams have removed contaminated soil and recovered 110,000 gallons of an oil-water mix from the site.

The EPA says oil from the tank cars caused a sludge deposit in the Kanawha River and an adjoining creek or caused a sheen along the shorelines. The EPA says the oil remains a threat to public health and aquatic wildlife.

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