Multiple Lawsuits Filed Against Norfolk Southern Over Train Derailments and Fatalities

An Alabama woman has filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern, U.S. Pipe fabrication, and others over the death of her husband, who was killed in a "freak accident" while learning to become a train conductor. The lawsuit alleges negligence, claiming that failure to inspect the trains led to the accident. The widow is seeking unspecified damages. The trains involved were both owned by Norfolk Southern, and the gondola car and the freight train it was adhered with the pipe was unloaded and serviced at U.S. Pipe’s fabrication facility.