Local Police and Family Members Sue Conrail, CSX, Norfolk Southern Over Chemical Train Derailment

PHILADELPHIA — A dozen Paulsboro, N.J., police officers and a public works employee have filed a negligence action against Consolidated Rail Corp., CSX Inc. (NYSE: CSX) and Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) alleging continuing injuries from exposure to vinyl chloride gas that leaked from the site of a November train derailment.

The seven-count lawsuit blaming defendants for failing to act on known safety issues with a railroad bridge was filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas May 13 on behalf of 13 first responders and 11 family members.

The lawsuit stems from a Nov. 30 derailment of a …