Metrolink offers $200-million settlement in Chatsworth rail disaster

The offer, which matches the liability cap established under federal law for passenger train accidents, may be challenged as inadequate by victims of the 2008 crash.

Metrolink and its former train operating contractor on Wednesday offered to pay $200 million to victims of the 2008 Chatsworth rail disaster that killed 25 people, setting the stage for one of the costliest rail accident settlements in the nation's history.