Manville Personal Injury Settlement Fund v. Don L. Blankenship

Words cannot express how frustrated I am by the patently unfair result occasioned by the majority’s decision in this case. Throughout the litigation leading up to the ease sub judice, the Officers and Board of Directors of Massey Energy Company1 have demonstrated nothing but blatant disregard for mine safety standards, apathetic indifference for its stipulated settlement with Man-ville through which the Massey Board agreed to address and remedy this misconduct, and flagrant disrespect for the circuit court’s order approving and memorializing the parties’ agreement and the obligations of the…