September 11, 2013
A West Virginia federal judge handed down a 42-month sentence to a former Massey Energy Co. executive on Tuesday for his role in a 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners and marked the worst U.S. mining disaster in more than 40 years.
June 17, 2013
Federal prosecutors want a heftier than usual sentence for the former president of Massey's Green Valley Resource Group, arguing Monday that the executive jeopardized the lives of West Virginia miners when he flouted federal safety and health standards.
February 28, 2013
A former Massey Energy Co. executive pled guilty Thursday to charges that he conspired to violate federal mine health and safety laws at several of the company's West Virginia coal mines and concealed the violations from inspectors.