CLEVELAND (AP) — A lawsuit in Ohio over benefits for railroad workers may be coming to an end after 43 years.
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/Oifhnl ) reports that a federal judge awarded $14.7 million last month to a group of Cleveland railroad workers in the dispute. The case involving the former Penn Central Railroad has gone on for so long that only two of the 32 original people who sued are alive.
Court records indicate the estates of the others are expected to receive awards from the case.
Court records also said that if Penn Central paid the workers in 1968, it would have cost the company $564,820. With the compounding interest, the amount has reached $14.7 million.
Attorneys for the former railroad company could still appeal the decision.
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Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com
