East Palestine suit targets settlement attorneys, doctor

LISBON — A new lawsuit filed Wednesday morning seeks damages from the attorneys who represented residents in the $600 million class action settlement and a doctor who told them there would be no long-term health impacts from the 2023 train derailment. “This is an action by residents of East Palestine and the surrounding communities against the lawyers who were appointed to protect them and against the physician whose assurances persuaded them to sign away the right to be compensated for diseases they have not yet developed,” the 51-page document said. The complaint was filed in…