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FLEMING v. U.S.

No. 2:98CV00215.

152 F.Supp.2d 886 (2001)

Robert Kevin FLEMING, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Big Stone Gap Division.

April 25, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori D. Thompson, Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, Virginia, Leisa K. Ciaffone, Roanoke, Virginia, Thomas R. Scott, Jr., the Street Firm, Grundy, Virginia, for Plaintiffs.

Robin D. Smith, Stephen L. Cohen, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendant.

OPINION

JONES, District Judge.

At approximately 6:15 a.m. on December 7, 1992, an explosion occurred within the Southmountain Coal Company's No. 3 Mine in Wise County, Virginia, killing six miners and seriously injuring one. The force of the explosion in the underground mine was so great that buildings, equipment, and vehicles as far as 150 feet away from the entrance of the mine were damaged in the blast.

Six years later, on December 7, 1998, suits...

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