Class action against Canadian Pacific Railway gets final approval
A federal judge in North Dakota has given final approval to a $7 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought against Canadian Pacific Railway. The suit arose from a January 2002 derailment and chemical spill in that state, near Minot, that sent a deadly cloud over the area. The plaintiffs' attorney, Gordon Rudd, says checks could be in the mail by mid-November. The settlement, approved by U.S. District Judge Dan Hovland, does not affect people who have filed individual lawsuits against the railway. Canadian Pacific Railway attorney, Tim Thornton, said settling the class-action lawsuit "seemed like the appropriate thing to do'' and that the railway is "glad to have it resolved.''
