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Ohio residents hurt in Norfolk Southern freight train derailment can now get $25,000 each from $600 million settlement
The lawyers who negotiated the deal have increased the estimated injury payment from the original $10,000 because they now have more information about how many claims there will be. One of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, Adam Gomez, said the original estimate was conservative to ensure that no one will receive less than they were promised as part of the settlement.
“We are not looking to over promise and under deliver in any way shape or form to the class,” Gomez said.
The lawyers plan to hold a Zoom call for residents Thursday evening to explain why the health payment is increasing and why they believe it is the right amount.
That payment for health problems is on top of the up to $70,000 households can receive for property damage. But to get the injury payment, residents who live within ten miles of where the train derailed have to agree before the Aug. 22 deadline to give up the right to sue the railroad or anyone else involved down the road even if they develop cancer or other serious health conditions later.
The biggest property damage payments of $70,000 per household are limited to people who lived within two miles of the derailment. The payments get much smaller toward the outer edge of the 20-mile radius that’s covered in the settlement.
The personal injury payments are only available to people who lived within ten miles of the derailment.
For the folks in East Palestine who are worried about the possibility of developing cancer or another serious health condition down the road like Jami Wallace even $25,000 seems way too low. She thinks residents’ health claims are likely worth way more than that.
Gomez said that the settlement is primarily designed to address only the short-term health impacts that residents have seen since the derailment because the courts won’t allow them to try to cover future health problems.
But the lawyers hired their own toxicologists and testing experts to try and determine what kind of long-term risks the community faces from the cocktail of chemicals that spilled and burned after the train derailment along with the vinyl chloride that was intentionally released and burned three days after the crash.
Gomez said the evidence they gathered about the chemicals that spilled and how long people were exposed to them suggests there may not be a rash of terrible illnesses in the future.
“In fact, we do not think that there is, support in that data for any significant increase in the number of additional cancers or other illnesses in East Palestine or the surrounding communities,” Gomez said.
But Wallace and others in town may not be ready to believe that because of what she has heard from other chemical experts and the doctors who are studying the health problems residents have reported.
“I have letters written from multiple toxicologists that have credentials longer than your arm that’ll say there’s definitely a huge health risk in the future,” Wallace said.
But Gomez cautioned that anyone who opts out of the class action settlement now should consider the difficult road they would face in bringing their own lawsuit later. He said it will likely be difficult that something like cancer was caused by the derailment because the disease can be caused by other factors.
The National Transportation Safety Board said that the East Palestine derailment, which was the worst rail disaster in the past decade, was caused by an overheating bearing on one of the cars on the train that wasn’t detected soon enough by the network of detectors the railroad has alongside the tracks.
The head of the NTSB also said that the five tank cars filled with vinyl chloride didn’t need to be blown open to prevent an explosion because they were actually starting to cool off even though the fire continued to burn around them.
OHIO (WSAZ) – With the sales tax holiday underway in Ohio, families can save on back-to-school shopping.
All that shopping can work up an appetite, and for the first time during the sales tax holiday in Ohio, you can keep on saving when you dine in at a restaurant.
The new addition is now underway and runs through Aug. 8.
According to the Ohio Department of Taxation, any menu item that is less than $500 would qualify for the sales tax holiday exemption, except for alcohol.
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The Ohio State Buckeyes are looking to be even more physical in the trenches this season. Recently at Big Ten Media Day, head coach Ryan Day expressed that this year’s team is going to go as the offensive and defensive lines go. Several key players will need to perform at a high level in order for both units to succeed. Three of these key players were just named to the Outland Trophy watchlist on Tuesday.
Left guard Donovan Jackson, right tackle Josh Fryar and defensive tackle Tyleik Williams were the Buckeyes’ representatives on the 75-player list. The Georgia Bulldogs had the most representatives with four, while the Buckeyes tied for second most with the Alabama Crimson Tide and USC Trojans.
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The Big Ten had just 13 representatives with Ohio State and USC making up nearly half of those.
The 2024 season will be the 79th season of the Outland Trophy being awarded to the best offensive lineman or interior defensive lineman.
Jackson is entering his fourth season with the Buckeyes and has played in all 39 games the past three seasons. He has been a staple at left guard, starting in 26 consecutive games at that spot.
Fryar is entering his fifth season with Ohio State and has played in 38 games during the last three seasons. He started all 13 games last season at right tackle and has started 14 total games.
Williams is a force to be reckoned with at defensive tackle. In his 38 games played (12 of those starts), he has recorded 90 tackles, 19 tackles-for-loss and nine sacks. Williams is now listed at 6’3″, 327 pounds, which is a heavier weight than he reportedly played at last season. He was also just named to the watchlist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy.
If these three players can be consistently dominant in 2024, then that will certainly help Ryan Day’s squad as they look to make a run towards some championships.
Denzel Burke and the Ohio State Buckeyes are heading into the 2024 college football season with two huge goals.
First and foremost, they want to win a National Championship. Anything short of that would be categorized as a massive disappointment.
Second, they want to beat the Michigan Wolverines and snap their three-year losing streak to their arch-rival.
In a recent interview, Burke spoke out about the recent losing to Michigan. He made it clear that coming back and beating the Wolverines was a huge reason that he and many other players chose to return to the Buckeyes for one more year rather than enter the NFL Draft.
“Every part of it, honestly. No gold pants, no natty, so that was a big part of our (decisions), one of the reasons why we came back. And we’re all on the same page. We’ve got to win every single game, no ifs, ands or buts about it.”
Star linebacker Jack Sawyer is another name who has a huge motivation to beat Michigan this season.
“Three seasons that we came up short against those guys, and I’d be lying if I told you that it didn’t burn a fire inside of us. Definitely something that we think about. And we know what’s at stake when we play those guys. All of our goals and aspirations for the season rides on that one game in November. And they hate us, we hate them, that’s the way it’s gotta be. That’s the way we want it to be, that’s what makes that rivalry so fun.”
Clearly, the Buckeyes are on a mission this season. They want to win it all and they don’t want to lose a game. That is easier said than done, but on paper Ohio State does have that kind of talent.
It will be interesting to see how the team plays throughout the course of the 2024 season. Come Michigan week, if both teams are still in a place of contention, it could go down as one of the biggest matchups in the storied rivalry in quite some time.
Expect to see the Buckeyes play with a little extra motivation this season. They’re clearly angry about their recent losing to Michigan and they sound ready to come out and prove a point this year.
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