Tab For Metro-North Accidents In Millions, Report Says

In an effort to prevent the release of damaging information related to five Metro-North accidents, lawyers of the injured say the railroad is pushing to settle cases quickly, according to lohud.com.

More than 70 people were injured when a Metro-North train derailed on the Fairfield-Bridgeport border in May 2013.
Photo Credit: *NTSB via Flickr (File)*

NTSB officials retrieve an event recorder from a Metro-North train that derailed in the Bronx, N.Y.
Photo Credit: *National Transportation Safety Board*

Metro-North officials are paying out millions in settlements to victims or their families for accidents.
Photo Credit: *File*

K Reakes

10/22/2015 7:00 a.m.

Since May 2013 and today, the rail line has settled 174 of 292 claims related to the accidents, reported lohud.com.

The legal tab for two Metro-North derailments is more than $38.4 million to date and is certain to grow, a Journal News investigation found, said lohud.com.

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