Friday, September 03, 2010
Lawyer Says UBB Evidence Could Be Compromised
WEST VIRGINIA....
Mark Moreland, a lawyer handling two wrongful-death lawsuits against Massey Energy says two Massey managers were underground for nearly four hours after the April 5th explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine. New details say the men traveled 9 miles and were near the longwall mining machine considered a possible source of the blast. Massey confirms the men stayed inside even after a federal order to leave, but the company says the men were trying to rescue the 29 men who died. Moreland says that revelation casts a pall on all the evidence, and the matter must be investigated and resolved. He says evidence collected in the mine could be compromised. Investigators have previously acknowledged the men were underground.
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