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W.Va. Court Grills Massey In Appeal Of $50M Verdict

Law360, New York (September 08, 2009) -- West Virginia's highest court reconsidered Tuesday whether to uphold a $50 million verdict against Massey Energy Co., this time without the chief justice, whose reversal of the verdict was tarnished by connections to the coal giant.

The dispute has a lurid history, with the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals hearing Massey’s appeal on remand after the U.S. Supreme Court determined in June that Chief Justice...

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