(Source: Seattle Times, March 27, 2023)
BNSF intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community when the railway company ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil over the reservation, a federal judge ruled Monday. The ruling in the civil case comes after two BNSF engines derailed March 16on Swinomish land, leaking an estimated 3,100 gallons of diesel near Padilla Bay. A second phase of the trial will evaluate the tribe’s claim for damages.
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