(NewsNation) — Class-action lawsuits are supposed to provide compensation and justice to victims of corporate negligence or malfeasance. But critics say the settlements are notorious for shortchanging plaintiffs and lining the pockets of the attorneys hired to advocate for them.
Did something similar happen with the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment? A whistleblower is now coming forward with claims that the firms representing victims in a $600 million settlement against Norfolk Southern essentially sold out their clients.
Among the hundreds gathered inside a recent East Palestine town hall, one woman was publicly considering blowing the whistle on the $600 million settlement reached after a train derailment and chemical burn.
“I have tried. I have called our governor, I tried all our representatives, nobody cares anymore,” Beth Kosar said.
She is coming forward with information she believes residents of the town need to know.
“The people who signed up for this lawsuit signed up not knowing all the facts. There was a lot of information that was hid from people,” Kosar said. “The people that passed during the first two years, all the people that are getting cancer, it’s like, ‘Oh, no, that had nothing to do with that toxic mess.’”
Sister of legendary quarterback Bernie Kosar and daughter of the late Bernie Kosar, Sr., who was the mayor of Canton, Ohio, Beth Kosar worked for Perfected Claims.
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