Residents sue train company following N.J. derailment

Conrail and its parent company CSX have been sued by 54 Paulsboro, N.J., residents in connection with a train derailment and chemical spill in their community. The lawsuit, filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County on Tuesday, seeks an undisclosed amount of money to pay for medical screening for early detection and life-threatening medical conditions linked to vinyl chloride exposure. A tanker that was breached as a result of the Nov. 30 derailment over the Mantua Creek spilled 180,000 gallons of the chemical.