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SEABOLT v. WESTMORELAND COAL CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 87-0342-A, 87-0115-B and 87-0144-A.

703 F.Supp. 1235 (1989)

John R. SEABOLT, Plaintiff v. WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY, Defendant. Ruben L. ALLMAN, Plaintiff, v. WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY, Defendant. Allen Ray MORRIS, Hurshell Lee Johnson, Harold Sargent, John Ballard Napier, Plaintiffs, v. WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Abingdon and Big Stone Gap Divisions.

January 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlie Jessee, Abingdon, Va., for Allman.

John McClellan, Kingsport, Tenn., Barry Proctor, Abingdon, Va., for all other plaintiffs.

Thomas Rubenstein, Big Stone Gap, Va., Thomas P. Gies, Jamie Sophir, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLEN M. WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge.

The plaintiffs are all former employees of Westmoreland Coal Company, the defendant. They were employed at Westmoreland's Holton mine near Big Stone Gap, Virginia, until December of 1986, when they were discharged. They now bring suit for wrongful discharge and defamation of character; in addition, plaintiff Ruben Allman alleges intentional infliction of emotional distress.1

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