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Article: UtahAmerican Energy Announces Settlement
- Article from:
- Engineering and Mining Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright Mining Media, Inc. Jun 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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All of the plaintiffs and defendants in the civil lawsuits stemming from the August 2007 accidents at Genwal Resource, Inc.'s Crandall Canyon mine have reached a comprehensive settlement for a confidential amount, according to a joint statement issued by all parties involved. The settlement culminates almost a year of negotiations between 16 groups of plaintiffs, seven defendants (five companies and two public entities) and six insurance companies.
"The geomechanics of coal mining under a mountain are extremely complex and difficult to assess. We have spent considerable time and effort attempting to determine what happened at the Crandall Canyon mine. And while we have learned from the ...