Josh Funk | Associated Press

The company that owned the railcar that caused the devastating East Palestine train derailment in 2023 won't have to help pay for the $600 million settlement Norfolk Southern agreed to with residents.

This case only affects which companies have to write the checks to pay for the class-action settlement, which is separate from the cost of the massive environmental cleanup.

Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were released and burned.

A new lawsuit alleges for the first time people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. The lawsuit was filed ahead of Monday's second anniversary of the toxic crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.

The settlement announced Monday is to be used for priorities identified by the village in connection with the derailment.

Provisions of the deal will allow personal injury payments to be made even while an appeal challenging whether the settlement is adequate and fair moves forward.

Settlement checks related to Norfolk Southern’s disastrous 2023 derailment could be delayed up to two years now because of the appeal, leaving some residents frustrated.

A new Associated Press analysis of data from the agency — along with results from Norfolk Southern’s contractors who are carrying out the cleanup and independent testers in East Palestine — raises questions about whether the EPA is disclosing everything it knows.

A federal judge has approved a $600 million class-action settlement involving last year's disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

Shaw was leading Norfolk Southern in February 2023 when one of its trains derailed, spilled toxic chemicals and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio, the worst railroad disaster in the last decade.