Court throws out judgment blaming Montana asbestos deaths on BNSF railroad

Following a civil trial, a jury in 2024 awarded $4 million each to the estates of the two people who died in 2020. Their families blamed the railroad for allowing asbestos-contaminated mining material ...
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Mining deaths finding overturned

A federal appeals court has reversed a judge’s ruling that Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF) played a role in the deaths of two people in a mining town.

Appeals court overturns finding that BNSF Railway contributed to 2 asbestos deaths in a Montana town

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s finding that BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths ...