Thursday, July 29, 2010
Mingo County Case Moving On
WEST VIRGINIA....
A lawsuit against Massey Energy Co. subsidiary Rawl Sales & Processing which originated in Mingo County is getting back on track. Hundreds of current and former residents of Rawl, Lick Creek, Sprigg and Merrimac sued Massey and Rawl Sales for injecting 1.4 billion gallons of slurry underground between 1978 and 1987, claiming the Massey operation poisoned their drinking water supplies with coal slurry. Mingo County Judge Michael Thornsbury was disqualified from the case last year because of a past attorney-client relationship with Massey. In June, the case was assigned to a three-judge mass litigation panel headed by Ohio County Circuit Judge James Mazzone who has scheduled an August 20th meeting in Wheeling to discuss evidence, a proposed trial schedule and pending motions.
A lawsuit against Massey Energy Co. subsidiary Rawl Sales & Processing which originated in Mingo County is getting back on track. Hundreds of current and former residents of Rawl, Lick Creek, Sprigg and Merrimac sued Massey and Rawl Sales for injecting 1.4 billion gallons of slurry underground between 1978 and 1987, claiming the Massey operation poisoned their drinking water supplies with coal slurry. Mingo County Judge Michael Thornsbury was disqualified from the case last year because of a past attorney-client relationship with Massey. In June, the case was assigned to a three-judge mass litigation panel headed by Ohio County Circuit Judge James Mazzone who has scheduled an August 20th meeting in Wheeling to discuss evidence, a proposed trial schedule and pending motions.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 2:57 PM 
