EAST PALESTINE — In a ruling in Youngstown’s U.S. District Court, federal Judge Benita Pearson confirmed what class members of the $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern have long insisted — Kroll Administration fumbled the ball. On Wednesday, Pearson ordered the removal of New York-based Kroll as the court-appointed settlement administrator responsible for the processing claims, determining award amounts and distributing funds to more than 55,000 claims filed against the railroad as part of the class action settlement. Global firm Epiq has been named the “substitute ...