(NewsNation) — Class-action lawsuits are supposed to provide compensation and justice to victims of corporate negligence or malfeasance. But critics say the settlements are notorious for shortchanging plaintiffs and lining the pockets of the attorneys hired to advocate for them.

Did something similar happen with the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment? A whistleblower is now coming forward with claims that the firms representing victims in a $600 million settlement against Norfolk Southern essentially sold out their clients.

Among the hundreds gathered inside a recent East Palestine town hall, one woman was publicly considering blowing the whistle on the $600 million settlement reached after a train derailment and chemical burn.

“I have tried. I have called our governor, I tried all

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