Saturday, June 12, 2010
Mingo County Case Reassigned
WEST VIRGINIA....
A three-judge litigation panel led by Ohio County Circuit Judge James Mazzone will hear a reassigned case of Mingo County residents who claim a Massey Energy subsidiary poisoned their drinking water with coal slurry. A state Supreme Court order says Raleigh County Judge John Hutchinson and Lincoln County Judge Jay Hoke will also preside over the case against Rawl Sales & Processing. Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury was disqualified from the case last year due to a past attorney-client relationship with Massey. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Evans was then assigned but recused himself earlier this year.
A three-judge litigation panel led by Ohio County Circuit Judge James Mazzone will hear a reassigned case of Mingo County residents who claim a Massey Energy subsidiary poisoned their drinking water with coal slurry. A state Supreme Court order says Raleigh County Judge John Hutchinson and Lincoln County Judge Jay Hoke will also preside over the case against Rawl Sales & Processing. Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury was disqualified from the case last year due to a past attorney-client relationship with Massey. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Evans was then assigned but recused himself earlier this year.
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