Chancery Throws Out Claims Over Massey Mining Explosion

By Matt Chiappardi (May 4, 2017, 9:21 PM EDT) -- A Delaware Chancery judge on Thursday threw out a shareholder lawsuit related to Massey Energy Co.'s deadly Upper Big Branch mine disaster, ruling that the claims are derivative in nature and essentially acquired by Alpha Natural Resources when it bought Massey in 2011....

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