BAKER v. BLACKHAWK MINING, LLC

Civil Action No. 5:22-231-DCR.

734 F.Supp.3d 615 (2024)

Eugene BAKER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BLACKHAWK MINING, LLC, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Kentucky, Central Division. (at Lexington).

Signed May 14, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Richard Tanner Hesterberg, Ned Pillersdorf, Pillersdorf Law Offices, Prestonsburg, KY, Janet Stumbo, Van Lear, KY, Darrell A. Herald, Darrell A. Herald, Attorney at Law, Jackson, KY, for Plaintiffs Eugene Baker, Lester Baker, Patricia Baker, Raymond Baker, Raymond G. Baker, Vada Baker, Alberta Bush, Clay Fugate, Gregory Chase Hays, Anita Henson, Ellen Henson, Lisa Holbrook, Billy Joe Mullins, George Mullins, Sherry Mullins, Johnny E. Mullins, Barbara Neace, Luranie Noble, Matilda Raney, John Robertson, Melvin Rurpert, Aaron White, Aaron Paul White, Brittany White, Deborah White, Delbert White, Harold Ray White, Richard White, Greta White, Mollie White, Rachel White, Shelvin White, Vaughn White, Vicie White, Wade White, Jason White, Jay D. White, Jerson White, Lisa White, Loretta White.

Janet Stumbo, Van Lear, KY, for Plaintiffs Jervis Neace, David Wayne White.

Darrell A. Herald, Darrell A. Herald, Attorney at Law, Jackson, KY, Ned Pillersdorf, Pillersdorf Law Offices, Prestonsburg, KY, for Plaintiffs Carl W. Asher, Farmer Edward Baker, Jennifer Baker, Michael J. Baker, Alicia Baker, Benjamin Craft, Bruce L. Dryden, Monica Fugate, Rebecca Gibson, Angela Kay Henson, Mason Henson Jr., Vickie Henson, Mason Lee Henson, Shirley Henson, Timothy Dean Henson, Annissa Henson, Willie Ray Henson, Barbara Henson, Elizabeth Miller, Lou Miller, Freddie Wayne Mullins, Geraldine Mullins, Joshua Mullins, Madro Noble, Cassandra Scotland, Brian Strong, Brown Strong, James Strong, William Thorpe, Darlene Thorpe, Ashford White, Birchel White, Dewey (Heirs) White, Elijah White, Etta White, Faye White, Jeffrey Gran White, Ronald Darns White, Shannon Vaughn White.

Ned Pillersdorf, Pillersdorf Law Offices, Prestonsburg, KY, for Plaintiffs Tonya Baker, Laverne Noble, Janice Mullins, Ruth Strong, Tiffany White, Misty Strong, Christine White, George Francis III, Tonya Asher, Dillo Neace, Brenda Strong, Dan Henson.

Grahmn Morgan, Kristeena L. Johnson, James McFarlane McClure, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Lexington, KY, Richard Clayton Larkin, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP, Lexington, KY, Ashley L. Pack, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Charleston, WV, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM ORDER AND OPINION

Plaintiff Eugene Baker, and others similarly situated, have moved for partial summary judgment against Defendant Pine Branch Mining, LLC ("Pine Branch").1 They argue that the Pine Branch's surface...

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