February 05, 2020
Mining company Sunnyside Gold Corp. wants a New Mexico federal court to toss multidistrict litigation seeking to hold it liable for a 2015 Gold King Mine breach that contaminated water sources with toxic minerals, arguing that claims in the case are time-barred.
November 26, 2019
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is trying to shift blame for a 2015 Gold King Mine breach that contaminated water sources with toxic minerals, a mining company has said in response to the agency's bid to toss its more than $30 million in counterclaims.
October 16, 2019
A federal court granted a request by the Navajo Nation, New Mexico, Utah and more than 200 individual plaintiffs to split up a trial over environmental damage caused by a wastewater spill at Colorado's Gold King Mine.
October 15, 2019
The federal government pressed a New Mexico federal court Tuesday to ax the tort claims it's facing in multidistrict litigation over the Gold King mine spill, saying the court lacks jurisdiction over Federal Tort Claims Act claims.
September 12, 2019
Individual plaintiffs from New Mexico who have waited years to bring their damages claims against polluters in multidistrict litigation over Colorado's Gold King Mine spill may get their shot at a trial in August 2021, according to a recommendation filed Wednesday.
August 21, 2019
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractor told a federal court that Utah and New Mexico can't escape its bid to recover cleanup costs in the multidistrict litigation over the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, saying the impacts of that disaster can't be separated from decades of environmental damage the states ignored.
July 30, 2019
Utah and New Mexico urged a federal court to toss counterclaims by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractor in the multidistrict litigation over the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, saying the company is seeking payback for cleanup work it hasn't shown it has performed.
May 14, 2019
Utah, New Mexico and the Navajo Nation clashed with the federal government Monday regarding how multidistrict litigation over the 2015 Gold King Mine spill should proceed, accusing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of trying to "delay responsibility."
March 21, 2019
A New Mexico federal judge has allowed the bulk of claims to proceed against two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractors who worked on the Gold King Mine that spilled 3 million gallons of contaminants, saying they must face allegations brought under federal environmental and state tort laws.
November 01, 2018
The U.S. Department of Justice asked a New Mexico federal court Thursday to throw out allegations made by individuals in the Southwest and members of the Navajo Nation related to the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, arguing the government is immune from the Federal Tort Claims Act claims.