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Norfolk Southern Says they “Accidentally” Asked East Palestine Residents to Sign Legal Waivers as Condition of Contamination Tests. ( Ohio )
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | February 16, 2023 | Sundance

Posted on 02/17/2023 7:32:09 AM PST by george76

When Ohio Senator JD Vance was briefing the press earlier today, he was asked about East Palestine residents being required to sign indemnity waivers, releasing Norfolk Southern Railway from legal liability, as a requirement of having their water/air tests conducted on their property.

Senator Vance said he talked to a resident about it, then reviewed the contract and confirmed the indemnity demand. Vance then immediately called Norfolk Southern Railroad officials and asked them about it. According to Vance, the response from Norfolk Southern Railway was that the liability waiver was accidentally presented.

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Does anyone really believe the contingency waivers were “accidentally” presented to the residents?


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KEYWORDS: accident; accidentally; eastpalestine; legalliability; liability; liabilitywaiver; norfolksouthern; ohio; railway; waiver; waivers
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To: george76

Glad Vance is finally responding. If this is an accident it won’t hold up in court.


21 posted on 02/17/2023 7:47:01 AM PST by erlayman
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To: dynoman

It may not show up in well water for years.


22 posted on 02/17/2023 7:48:52 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: dynoman

You get what you pay for right ? They need to screen in homes where animals are dying from vinyl chloride.


23 posted on 02/17/2023 7:49:36 AM PST by erlayman
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To: dynoman

Those people do not trust the EPA under Joe Biden. They want a totally independent outfit to do the testing. I do not blame them.

Perhaps a GiveSendGo could be set up for them to pay for it.


24 posted on 02/17/2023 7:50:13 AM PST by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: Leaning Right

Ha Ha!


25 posted on 02/17/2023 7:51:29 AM PST by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: dforest
There is one here, but I don't think $25,000 is going to be enough:

Community Relief for East Palestine, Ohio

26 posted on 02/17/2023 7:55:34 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: george76

‘Some people’ made other people sign something.


27 posted on 02/17/2023 7:56:41 AM PST by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: george76

Same bastards that did a 10 billion stock buyback but cut corners on safety.


28 posted on 02/17/2023 7:58:04 AM PST by Republican in occupied CA (I will not give up on my native State! Here I was born, here I fight and die!!)
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To: The Antiyuppie
Bankrupt the rat bastards.

We might bankrupt the company, but the executives who cashed in by plumping up stock options and bonuses with profits gained from skipping maintenance, skipping inspections, and understaffing will never pay a penny. That's the American Way now.

29 posted on 02/17/2023 7:58:47 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: george76

What a bunch retards!

Biden groped while Ohio choked.


30 posted on 02/17/2023 7:59:16 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: dforest

“How does an accident like this happen?”

Doing a little research I found this. Admittedly this particular quote is from Yahoo, but it’s consistent through all the resources available on-line.

“From 1990, the first year the BTS began tracking derailments and injuries on a yearly basis, to 2021, there have been 54,539 accidents in which a train derailed. That’s an average of 1,704 derailments per year.”

That’s pretty remarkable! But then there are a lot of trains and a lot of rail mileage in the .S. every day....


31 posted on 02/17/2023 7:59:56 AM PST by Afterguard
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To: IAGeezer912

81 million voters accidentally hit the wrong button on Election day.


32 posted on 02/17/2023 8:02:13 AM PST by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: george76

Norfolk N Way


33 posted on 02/17/2023 8:11:09 AM PST by pas
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To: george76

That’s why you always read the fine print like at your doctors or any contracts for work on your house or car. When I sign anything, I will read everything. It really irritates the person waiting for my signature, but I don’t care. Now the use policies but big tech and others on the internet are so long and so full of legalese that I admit I don’t get through it all, but I try to at least hit the high points. Of course they do that on purpose and I know it and I always look for any filled in check-boxes, but it is what it is.


34 posted on 02/17/2023 8:14:11 AM PST by JoJo354 (We need to get to work, Conservatives!)
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To: george76

How large a fortune is Norfolk Southern going to pay for future security for their rail lines? Treating victims like this will help ensure those rail lines have all kinds of problems.


35 posted on 02/17/2023 8:17:21 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: dforest

Government/corporate corruption and media that will cover it up. I heard yesterday that the federal DOT guy-But-what’s his name, is complaining that the press is over reporting! The lapdog media has created odd expectations in our elected leaders.


36 posted on 02/17/2023 8:17:26 AM PST by Spok (They lie, we know they lie, and they know that we know they are lying. And still they lie.)
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To: george76

Does anyone really believe the contingency waivers were “accidentally” presented to the residents?

No. HELL, no. A good rule of thumb is to NEVER sign anything without a lawyer going over it first. And even then, make sure you have aa copy.


37 posted on 02/17/2023 8:18:02 AM PST by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars.)
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To: george76

Uh huh! What next? They will “accidently ask” residents to abort all their babies so,that no evidence of contamination can be detected in newborns?


38 posted on 02/17/2023 8:21:14 AM PST by Bob434
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To: ConservativeInPA
They buy politicians on both sides of the aisle.

I would like to point out that you cannot buy an American politician. You can only rent them or maybe (with a big enough pile of money) lease one for a year or two. They aren't honest enough to stay bought.

39 posted on 02/17/2023 8:24:54 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Gain of Pfunction. Gain of Pfunding. Gain of Pfizer )
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To: george76

More lawyers.


40 posted on 02/17/2023 8:27:08 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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