Weekley v. U.S. Steel Mining Co.

MURDOCK, Justice.

Oak Grove Resources, LLC, and several affiliated business entities (“the Oak Grove defendants”)1 petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Jefferson Circuit Court to dismiss two consolidated cases against them. We deny the petition in part and dismiss it in part.

I. Facts and Procedural History

On September 16, 1996, Linda Weekley and approximately 185 other individuals (“the Weekley plaintiffs”) filed an action in the Bessemer Division of the Jefferson Circuit Court alleging trespass, nuisance, negligence, and wantonness against U.S. Steel Mining Company and…