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 ...
Daily Inter Lake

BNSF Railway fights Libby asbestos case in federal appeal

A panel of federal judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical of arguments from lawyers for two deceased plaintiffs that railroad giant BNSF Railway is liable for past asbestos contamination at its rail ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Federal appeals court sides with BNSF Railway in dispute with Libby asbestos victims

The ruling is a victory for the Texas-based railway and a blow to plaintiffs in hundreds of other asbestos cases pending in Montana courts.
Transport Topics

Appeals Court Sides With BNSF on Asbestos Deaths

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s finding that BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people in ...
Las Vegas Sun

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 of two people in a Montana mining town where thousands have been sickened by ...