By Wes Wade,The Daily Times; June 30, 2018
A new lawsuit was filed Friday in Blount County Circuit Court on behalf of 394 residents suing over the July 2015 train derailment in Maryville.
Like prior lawsuits over the derailment, it targets the owner and operator of the train, CSX Transportation Inc., as well as Union Tank Car Co. UTC owned and manufactured the tank car that derailed and caught fire. A toxic chemical called acrylonitrile started leaking into the ground, and fumes from the burning chemical were sent into the air.
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