The federal judge presiding over dozens of lawsuits from the Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, wanted to get down to business.
During a Feb. 27 hearing before US District Judge Benita Y. Pearson, a plaintiffs’ attorney said lawyers for the Atlanta railroad giant had “sandbagged” and “ghosted” them the prior weekend. When an attorney for the company tried to respond, Pearson—whose Northern District courtroom is in Youngstown, about 20 miles north of the small village where the derailment happened—cut him off.
“I don’t want to hear argument in the sort that might say ghosted or not. ...
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