West Virginia: First Suit in Mine Deaths

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/us/17brfs-FIRSTSUITINM_BRF.html

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 16, 2010

A widow of one of the 29 men killed last week in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine has filed a wrongful-death suit against the mine’s owner, Massey Energy. Marlene Griffith, whose husband, William Griffith, died, claims in the suit, the first filed over the explosion, that the mine’s history of safety violations amounted to negligence. The Mine Safety and Health Administration has tentatively blamed preventable accumulations of explosive methane gas and coal dust for the disaster. Federal inspectors have found more than 60 serious safety violations at Massey operations since the blast.

[peacebird]

1. negliegent homicide - they fought all safety violations rather than FIX them.

Take those MF's to court and then to jail. Their actions were unforgivable.

[Andy823]

2. Good!

I think there will be a lot more to follow. This is not over, and I see a lot more lawsuits, and hopefully some jail time for those who put profits before the safety of their workers!

[Lint Head]

3. Get Blanken-shit first!

[Canuckistanian]

4. May this be the first snowflake in an avalanche

Massey deserves to be sued until it's bankrupt. And Blankenship needs incarceration. Badly.