The Buffalo Creek Disaster

The Buffalo Creek Disaster

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作者: Gerald M. Stern 著

出版社: Random House US

出版时间: 2008-05

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780307388490

定价: 111.60

装帧: 平装

开本: 16开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 304页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Vintage

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

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OneSaturdaymorninginFebruary1972,animpoundmentdamownedbythePittstonCoalCompanyburst,sendinga130milliongallon,25foottidalwaveofwater,sludge,anddebriscrashingintosouthernWestVirginia'sBuffaloCreekhollow.ItwasoneofthedeadliestfloodsinU.S.history.125peoplewerekilledinstantly,morethan1,000wereinjured,andover4,000weresuddenlyhomeless.Insteadofacceptingthesmallsettlementsofferedbythecoalcompany'sinsuranceoffices,afewhundredofthesurvivorsbandedtogethertosue.Thisisthestoryoftheirtriumphoverincredibleoddsandcorporateirresponsibility,astoldbyGeraldM.Stern,whoasayounglawyerandtookonthecaseandwon. GeraldM.SternisaCounselmenatPhillips&CohenLLP,apracticeisdevotedexclusivelytorepresentingwhistleblowersinquitamlawsuits.HegraduatedcumlaudefromHarvardLawSchoolbeforebeginninghislegalcareerinWashington.
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OneSaturdaymorninginFebruary1972,animpoundmentdamownedbythePittstonCoalCompanyburst,sendinga130milliongallon,25foottidalwaveofwater,sludge,anddebriscrashingintosouthernWestVirginia'sBuffaloCreekhollow.ItwasoneofthedeadliestfloodsinU.S.history.125peoplewerekilledinstantly,morethan1,000wereinjured,andover4,000weresuddenlyhomeless.Insteadofacceptingthesmallsettlementsofferedbythecoalcompany'sinsuranceoffices,afewhundredofthesurvivorsbandedtogethertosue.Thisisthestoryoftheirtriumphoverincredibleoddsandcorporateirresponsibility,astoldbyGeraldM.Stern,whoasayounglawyerandtookonthecaseandwon.
作者简介:
GeraldM.SternisaCounselmenatPhillips&CohenLLP,apracticeisdevotedexclusivelytorepresentingwhistleblowersinquitamlawsuits.HegraduatedcumlaudefromHarvardLawSchoolbeforebeginninghislegalcareerinWashington.

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