Coal Co. Settles Fight With Miners Over Lifetime Benefits

By Grace Elletson ( October 8, 2026, 5:53 PM EDT) -- Consol Energy Inc. has reached a settlement with retired miners who claimed the company reneged on promises to provide them health benefits for life, months after the Fourth Circuit declined to scrap a bench trial judgment that awarded lifetime benefits to a pair of ex-miners but denied class claims....

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