On Wednesday, the families will ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to reinstate a lawsuit they filed in 2014. They accuse the company of fraudulently concealing information that would have allowed them to file a wrongful-death lawsuit years earlier. A spokesman for Murray Energy declined to comment on the specific claims made in the lawsuit but released a statement. “Murray Energy had absolutely nothing to do with the Farmington Mine disaster,” the statement said. “Indeed, Murray Energy did not even exist in 1968, when the accident occurred.

Source: Washington Post May 06, 2018 23:48 UTC