After the Roslyn Mine Disaster, Widows and Children Get Their Settlement
Nearly all lawsuits from the Roslyn mine explosion were settled, with each widow offered $1,000 and each child $100 in exchange for releasing the company from further liability.
It is stated that nearly all of the damage suits growing out of the Roslyn mine disaster have been settled, and that the cases will soon be dismissed in the Federal and superior courts. Only a few plaintiffs have refused to come to terms. Attorney Arthur Griffin, counsel for the plaintiffs, has stated that the agreement is that each widow shall receive $1,000 and each child $100. In return the company will be released from all further liability.
“The agreement is that each widow shall receive $1,000 and each child $100. In return the company will be released from all further liability.”
The Roslyn settlement converted a mass-casualty mine disaster into individual cash payments and releases, a pattern that still shapes how industrial disasters are litigated. It also shows how much—and how little—a company paid for lives lost underground.
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