(Source: Miami Herald, April 5, 2015)
MIAMI — World Fuel Services Corp. is defending against claims related to a deadly train derailment that spilled oil owned by World Fuel in a small Canadian town. The fiery rail disaster on July 6, 2013, destroyed part of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, and killed 47 people. Michael Kasbar declined in an interview to comment on the company’s potential liability in the Lac-Mégantic disaster. He said that World Fuel had not retained outside legal counsel to handle claims related to the deadly derailment.
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