6th Circuit Finds Miners’ Pneumoconiosis Claims Covered By CAFA

Mealey's (April 24, 2023, 8:44 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) covers complaints brought by coal miners on behalf of themselves and hundreds of other co-plaintiffs alleging that the respirators they used failed to protect them from lung disease, a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, reversing a trial court’s ruling sending the complaints back to state court....