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Settlement reached in chlorine leak
Swiss chemical maker will work with Germany's Max Planck Institute
by Alexander H. Tullo
October 30, 2006
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 84, Issue 44
Norfolk Southern has reached an agreement in principle to compensate personal injury claims in a class-action settlement with residents of Graniteville, S.C., who were hurt when a train derailed on Jan. 6, 2005. The derailment and subsequent chlorine spill killed at least nine people and sent more than 250 to hospitals (C&EN, Jan. 17, 2005, page 11). According to the law firm of Motley Rice, the latest agreement covers claims not addressed a year ago in a prior class-action settlement that mostly covered property damage.
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