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Article: In our opinion: A needless tragedy
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- May 17, 2009
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The economic costs of the disaster at Crandall Canyon Mine
continue to mount. First were the record $1.8 million in federal
fines levied against the mine operator and an engineering firm.
Now comes the undisclosed settlement of lawsuits on behalf of 16
groups of plaintiff families. The settlement reportedly exceeds the
$22 million paid to families of the 27 victims of the 1984 Wilberg
mine explosion and fire.
We can only hope that the settlement announced last week provides
security to the families of the victims of the Crandall Canyon Mine
tragedy. But we are also cognizant of the loss in human terms --
widows living their lives without their spouses, children growing up
without fathers ...