Massey Accused of Poisoning Wells

(West Virginia) - A 3-judge panel has refused to dismiss a lawsuit claiming Massey Energy poisoned hundreds of Southern West Virginia wells with coal slurry. The order came yesterday as the panel prepares for the August 1st trial. Massey claimed the lawsuit should be dismissed because the plaintiffs waited too long to file the suit. Hundreds of southern West Virginians are suing over claims that Massey poisoned their well water. Maps of injection sites that plaintiffs' attorneys requested years ago recently turned up in a vault in Kentucky.