Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands
KSBW - 2024-04-23T02:37:00.000Z

A federal jury says Warren Buffett's BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened

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HELENA, Mont. — A federal jury found earlier this week that BNSF Railway contributed to the death of two people who were exposed to asbestos when mining material was shipped through the town of Libby, Mont., and awarded $4 million each in compensatory damages to the estate of the two plaintiffs, who died in 2020 []Read More
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Helena, Mont. — BNSF Railway attorneys told a Montana jury Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Libby, Mont., one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program, according to an Associated Press story. BNSF attorney Chad Knight said []Read More
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