A class action lawsuit filed in Marion County on behalf of all residents, property owners and employees who live, work, or own property within a 30-mile radius of the Feb. 1 Dunnellon railroad tie fire said the defendants displayed an “utter indifference and/or conscious disregard” for the dangers the railroad ties posed to the community.
Brought by plaintiffs Curtis Trammell and Christopher Bryant Crabtree, the Feb. 23 suit was filed by Simeon Genadiev of the Miami-based G Law Group against CSX Transportation, Florida Northern Railroad Company, and Track Line Rail.
CSX Transportation owns the parcel of land where the fire occurred. The rail line is leased and operated by Florida Northern Railroad, and the railroad ties are owned by Track Line Rail, a Texas-based company that had planned to grind the ties on site…