In this April 27, 2011, file photo, the entrance to downtown Libby, Mont., is seen. BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors Friday, April 19, 2024, that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of the asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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BNSF Railway says it didn't know about asbestos that's killed hundreds in Montana town
U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris has referred to the mining company as “the elephant in the room” in the BNSF trial