Next month, about 600 employees suddenly laid off in July 2019 at two Campbell County coal mines formerly owned by Blackjewel, LLC, plus about 1,100 of the company s employees in central Appalachia will learn about the fate of a proposed settlement of a federal lawsuit.
On March 3, the judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of West Virginia will decide whether to approve a settlement of a class action lawsuit, said Ned Pillersdorf of Prestonsburg, Ky., who was among the attorneys for the employees in the lawsuit.
The proposed settlement was tentatively reached in March 2020, but sealed until Sept. 1.