SEATTLE — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. After train cars carrying Bakken crude oil exploded in Alabama, North Dakota and Quebec, a federal agency warned …
SEATTLE — A federal judge ruled Monday that BNSF Railway intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in Washington state by running 100-car trains carrying crude oil over the reservation. The tribe and BNSF discussed an amended agreement, but “at no point did the Tribe approve BNSF’s unilateral decision to transport unit trains …
