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Attorneys for the estates of the two victims had argued that the railroad, owned by Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, knew the asbestos-tainted vermiculite was dangerous but failed to act.
The jury awarded $4 million each in compensatory damages to the estates of the two plaintiffs, who died in 2020.
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.
Attorneys for the estates of the two victims had argued that the railroad, owned by Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, knew the asbestos-tainted vermiculite was dangerous but failed to act.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal jury on Monday said Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted