Leasing Company Says Norfolk Southern’s Third-Party Train Derailment Case Fails

(December 15, 2023, 2:18 PM EST) -- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Trinity Industries Leasing Co., a third-party defendant that was sued by Norfolk Southern Corp. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (collectively, Norfolk Southern) in Ohio federal court in connection with the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, filed a reply brief on Dec. 14 arguing that the complaint should be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and because Ohio’s long-arm statute is not co-extensive with due process....