Leasing Company Says It Had No Role In Chemical Release From Ohio Train Derailment

(November 17, 2023, 11:33 AM EST) -- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A railcar leasing company has filed a reply brief in Ohio federal court seeking dismissal of the amended master complaint filed by residents of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia related to a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, arguing that the leasing company played no role in the derailment or the subsequent actions in which railroad operators Norfolk Southern Corp. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (collectively, Norfolk Southern) vented and burned the toxic chemicals....