Suit seeks testing of kids at West Virginia school
By Vicki Smith
Associated Press Writer / August 9, 2010
Associated Press Writer / August 9, 2010
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va.—A Raleigh County, W.Va., judge will hold a hearing later this month on a medical monitoring lawsuit claiming hundreds of children were exposed to toxic coal dust from a Massey Energy Co. processing plant and silo next to Marsh Fork Elementary School.
Williamson attorney Kevin Thompson is suing Virginia-based Massey and three subsidiaries over alleged exposure from the silo that sits about 235 feet from the school near Sundial.
Judge Harry L. Kirkpatrick III granted class-action status to the case in December, but it fell into limbo because his ruling went to an incorrect address and was returned to the courthouse in Beckley.
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