Dillon v. Massey Energy

Summary

In this Energy Toxic Torts class action litigation proceedings, plaintiffs Woodrow and Elva Dillon alleged Massey Energy and its subsidiaries of negligence and creating a public nuisance by building a coal silo 235 feet away from the Marsh Fork Elementary school, which exposed the plaintiffs two children and several other children to toxic coal dust.

The plaintiff was represented by attorneys Van Bunch and Kevin Thompson. The defendant in this case, Massey Energy was represented by attorneys Jon Anderson and Daniel Stickler.

Outcome

Verdict for the defense

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Dillon, Woodrow
Defense: Massey Energy

Judge: Harry Kirkpatrick
Jurisdiction: 10th Judicial Circuit of West Virginia
Court: Raleigh County Courthouse

Industry: Energy
Practice Area: Toxic Torts, Mass Torts, Negligence, Environmental Law, Tort Law

Plaintiff

Dillon, Woodrow

Represented By:
Bunch, Van (Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint, P.C.)
Thompson, Kevin (Thompson Barney PLLC)

Defense

Massey Energy

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

4 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Voir Dire (Jury Selection)
		01:04:27	General Case Activities
		01:07:33	General Case Activities
		01:11:34	End of Session

MAR

PM Session

Judge Motion Ruling

12 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:33	Witness Direct Examination	Bunch, Van	Dillon, Woodrow Sr.	In Person
00:13:00	Witness Cross Examination	Stickler, Daniel	Dillon, Woodrow Sr.	In Person
00:24:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Bunch, Van	Dillon, Woodrow Sr.	In Person
00:29:07	Witness Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Meadows, Roy	In Person
01:09:39	Break
01:32:12	General Case Activities
01:33:03	Witness Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Meadows, Roy	In Person
01:34:54	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jon	Meadows, Roy	In Person
02:09:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Meadows, Roy	In Person
02:16:41	Witness Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Cox, Danny	In Person
02:46:53	General Case Activities
02:48:07	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

17 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:29	Witness Cross Examination	Stickler, Daniel	Cox, Danny	In Person
00:10:47	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Cox, Danny	In Person
00:43:07	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Stickler, Daniel	Cox, Danny	In Person
00:44:48	Witness Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	McCombs, Paul	In Person
00:54:17	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jon	McCombs, Paul	In Person
00:55:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	McCombs, Paul	In Person
00:56:08	Break
01:13:50	General Case Activities
01:14:29	General Case Activities	Thompson, Kevin	Simonton, Dr. David Ph.D	In Person
01:20:23	General Case Activities	Stickler, Daniel	Simonton, Dr. David Ph.D	In Person
01:35:48	General Case Activities
01:48:57	General Case Activities
01:49:23	Witness Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Simonton, Dr. David Ph.D	In Person
03:01:28	General Case Activities
03:03:27	General Case Activities
03:12:25	End of Session

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	General Case Activities
00:01:16	Witness Cross Examination	Stickler, Daniel	Simonton, Dr. David Ph.D	In Person
00:32:11	Break
00:58:56	Witness Direct Examination	Stickler, Daniel	Simonton, Dr. David Ph.D	In Person
02:16:21	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Simonton, Dr. David Ph.D	In Person
02:40:23	General Case Activities
02:43:38	Break
03:00:56	General Case Activities
03:06:27	General Case Activities	Thompson, Kevin	Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
03:12:55	General Case Activities	Anderson, Jon	Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
03:49:02	General Case Activities	Thompson, Kevin	Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
04:05:46	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

MAR

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

14 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:06	General Case Activities
00:27:42	Witness Cross Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Long, Dr. Christopher Sc.D.	In Person
01:28:48	Break
01:56:01	General Case Activities
01:56:52	Witness Cross Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Long, Dr. Christopher Sc.D.	In Person
02:28:46	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Jon	Long, Dr. Christopher Sc.D.	In Person
02:58:39	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Long, Dr. Christopher Sc.D.	In Person
03:11:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Anderson, Jon	Long, Dr. Christopher Sc.D.	In Person
03:13:57	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:25:40	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jon	Hutchens, Dr. Charlotte	In Person
00:33:52	Witness Cross Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Hutchens, Dr. Charlotte	In Person
00:39:09	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jon	Hutchens, Dr. Charlotte	In Person
00:55:27	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Hutchens, Dr. Charlotte	In Person
01:17:51	End of Session

PM Session

Closings

10 Chapters

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

3 Chapters

MAR

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in parts only. Available recordings do not represent the full proceeding.

Dillon v. Massey Energy

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	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:37:18	Break
00:57:02	General Case Activities
01:00:21	Opening Statement	Thompson, Kevin
01:34:36	Opening Statement	Stickler, Daniel
02:14:10	Break
02:30:58	Witness Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Sanderson, Dr. Duey	In Person
02:30:58	General Case Activities
02:51:39	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jon	Sanderson, Dr. Duey	In Person
02:54:11	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Sanderson, Dr. Duey	In Person
02:55:15	General Case Activities
02:58:39	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	General Case Activities
00:28:19	General Case Activities
00:28:44	Witness Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Simonton, Dr. David Ph.D	In Person
01:38:55	Break
01:59:46	General Case Activities
02:01:02	Witness Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Simonton, Dr. David Ph.D	In Person
02:29:04	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:23	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jon	Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
00:12:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
00:29:38	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Anderson, Jon	Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
00:36:11	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
00:36:43	General Case Activities
00:37:42	General Case Activities	Anderson, Jon
00:45:59	Break
01:02:18	General Case Activities
01:03:33	Witness Direct Examination	Anderson, Jon	Long, Dr. Christopher Sc.D.	In Person
02:09:19	General Case Activities
02:14:20	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:10	General Case Activities
00:09:04	General Case Activities
00:10:50	Witness Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
01:35:36	Break
01:58:21	General Case Activities
01:59:11	Witness Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
02:07:10	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jon	Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
03:27:15	General Case Activities
03:28:48	General Case Activities
03:33:22	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jon	Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
03:40:18	General Case Activities		Werntz, Dr. Charles III, M.D	In Person
03:43:27	General Case Activities
03:46:58	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:30:39	Witness Direct Examination	Stickler, Daniel	Emmitt, Dr. George Ph.D.	In Person
01:45:33	Break
02:14:51	General Case Activities		Emmitt, Dr. George Ph.D.	In Person
02:21:59	Witness Direct Examination	Stickler, Daniel	Emmitt, Dr. George Ph.D.	In Person
02:23:12	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:37	Witness Cross Examination	Anderson, Jon	Simonton, Dr. David Ph.D	In Person
00:39:39	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Simonton, Dr. David Ph.D	In Person
00:44:53	General Case Activities
00:56:07	Break
01:11:14	General Case Activities
01:16:12	General Case Activities
01:51:53	Closing Statement	Thompson, Kevin
02:24:13	Closing Statement	Stickler, Daniel
03:16:10	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:06:50	Witness Direct Examination	Thompson, Kevin	Simonton, Dr. David Ph.D	In Person
01:06:22	General Case Activities
02:01:50	End of Session