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The panel of judges handling claims that Massey Energy Co. poisoned hundreds of southern West Virginia wells with coal slurry will start Aug. 1 by trying one case each from seven personal injury and property damage categories the court has created.
A scheduling order filed by Ohio County Circuit Judge James Mazzone, head of the mass litigation panel hearing the cases, instructs both the plaintiffs and Virginia-based Massey to choose two cases from each category by April 1. The three judges will then winnow the 14 proposed cases to seven and try them together Aug. 1 in Wheeling, in what could be the first of a series of trials.See the full content of this document
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Court to Pick 7 Coal Slurry Cases for Trial
The seven categories, all of which include property damage claims, break t...
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