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A federal jury says BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened

A federal jury says BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town

HELENA, Mont. -- BNSF Railway attorneys told a Montana jury Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program.

BNSF Railway attorneys told Montana the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town. Libby, Montana, is among the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. The estates of the deceased plaintiffs say dust from a rail yard sickened and killed them.

A physician and expert witness, over a 35-year span Dr. David Egilman gave testimony in some 600 trials involving corporate malfeasance, resulting in billions of dollars in awards for victims and their survivors.

An attorney for two people who died of a rare lung cancer is urging a jury to hold BNSF Railway responsible for pollution in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border

A lawsuit argues the railroad failed to contain asbestos-tainted dust that blew around town of Libby, Montana, and was inhaled by residents.

BNSF had hauled asbestos-tainted vermiculite through Libby, Montana, over decades.

BNSF had hauled asbestos-tainted vermiculite through Libby, Montana, over decades.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An attorney for two people who died of a rare lung cancer argued for a jury to hold BNSF Railway responsible for pollution in a small