Norfolk Southern: Schools’ Train Derailment Case Fails To Plausibly Allege Facts

( November 20, 2023, 1:34 PM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — Norfolk Southern Corp. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (collectively, Norfolk Southern) on Nov. 17 filed a motion to dismiss in Pennsylvania federal court contending that Pennsylvania school districts that have sued Norfolk Southern in connection with the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that led to the release of toxic chemicals XE "toxic chemicals"  in the air and groundwater fail to plausibly allege facts supporting their claims, which it says are preempted by federal law....