EAST PALESTINE Norfolk Southern and attorneys representing nearly 200 people impacted by the 2023 East Palestine train derailment have asked a judge to reject attempts to overturn the $600 million class action settlement of the case.

In a filing submitted last week, the railroad stated that the motions seeking to revoke the settlement's final approval were "without merit" and relied on publicly available information that was previously presented to the court.

The motions for relief from judgment, filed by a group of class members, assert that the final settlement should be voided based on fraud and concealment of critical information claims by both the attorneys who represented them and Norfolk Southern.

Those calling for the settlement’s rejection claim that the alleged misconduct

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