Allen et al v. United States of America et al

  1. February 17, 2023

    US Settles With Individual Plaintiffs In Gold King Mine MDL

    Federal authorities said Friday that they have inked two settlement deals resolving litigation in which some 300 people in the American Southwest, many of Navajo heritage, sought compensation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a catastrophic gold mine blowout in 2015.

  2. August 11, 2022

    NM Judge Trims Navajo Farmers' Claims In Gold King MDL

    A New Mexico federal judge on Thursday cut some claims and preserved others brought by Navajo farmers and ranchers against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an EPA contractor for noneconomic damages from the 2015 Gold King Mine spill.

  3. July 07, 2021

    Navajo Can't Appeal Gold Mine's Exit From Toxic Spill Suit Yet

    Navajo Nation members can't appeal a New Mexico federal judge's decision to let a mining company and its subsidiary out of litigation related to the 2015 Gold King Mine spill until after the first phase of the trial is over, the judge has ruled.

  4. April 30, 2021

    Gold Mine Co. Axes Navajo Nation Members' Toxic Spill Claim

    A New Mexico federal judge let a gold mining company out of Navajo Nation members' litigation stemming from the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, finding that the company and the Colorado mine do not have minimum contacts with New Mexico to establish specific jurisdiction for the claims.

  5. December 17, 2020

    Mining Co. Aims To Duck Claims For 2015 Gold King Spill

    Sunnyside Gold Corp. asked a New Mexico federal court on Thursday to throw out claims against it resulting from a 2015 mine collapse and toxic spill, saying it can't be held liable for the condition of three bulkheads it had no control over and had finished constructing more than a decade before.

  6. September 26, 2019

    EPA Contractor Can Contest Navajos' Gold King Spill Claims

    A New Mexico federal judge has ruled that a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractor can challenge the judge's ruling that hundreds of Navajo Nation members didn't bring claims too late against the company in multidistrict litigation over the Gold King mine spill.