Plaintiffs Dismiss Suit Challenging BNSF, Insurer’s Asbestos Payment ‘Float’

(September 9, 2024, 11:37 AM EDT) -- GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Montana asbestos plaintiffs who sued BNSF Railway Co. and its insurer Zurich American Insurance Co. for allegedly trading on “human suffering” by delaying payment and refusing to settle in an effort to profit off the “float” between the time when they receive claims and when they make payments filed a notice of dismissal without prejudice in their federal court suit....