Bankrupt railroad operator Montreal Maine and Atlantic Canada Co. and others tied to a 2013 derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Québec, have agreed to pay $200 million to compensate victims, including 48 people who died. The settlement, announced on Friday, could grow to as much as $500 million if additional defendants come on board. Peter Flowers, a partner at Chicago’s Meyers & Flowers who represented the families of those who died, talked to The National Law Journal about how he used Illinois law to obtain more money for his clients.
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