Train Derailment Leads To Lawsuit

{Louisville, Kentucky}…Four residents affected by a train derailment and fire that led to an evacuation in or around West Point near Louisville on October 31st have filed a class action lawsuit against Paducah & Louisville Railway, CSX and two companies involved in the cleanup. The suit, filed in Hardin County, alleges the railroad company and cleanup contractors allowed toxic substances to be released into residents' property and waited too long to warn residents of the dangers after the blast.