According to state legal journal the West Virginia Record Wednesday, Willard Conley filed his complaint August 16 in the Circuit Court of Logan County.
He has named MSA as well as Persinger Supply, Raleigh Mine and Industrial Supply and Eastern States Mine Supply as defendants, and is citing gross negligence.
Specifically, Conley argues that none of the companies posted warnings that the respirator units had a defective filter that allowed for the inhalation of substantial coal dust.
Because the respirator failed to protect him from harm, he now has coalworkers’ pneumoconiosis, better known as black lung disease.
Conley is suing for an undetermined amount, including compensatory and punitive damages.
He is being represented by G Todd Houck in the case, known formally as 13-C-211 in the Circuit Court of Logan County.
