EMBATTLED JUSTICE RECUSES HIMSELF IN THIRD MASSEY CASE

(02/08/2008)

Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard has recused himself from another case involving Massey Energy. Maynard filed a one-paragraph notice Thursday, saying he was disqualifying himself from a case involving a second coal silo the company wants to build near a Raleigh County elementary school. The silo is adjacent to the Marsh Fork Elementary School. (Search MARSH for related stories) This is the third Massey-related case Maynard has recused himself from after the release of European vacation photos showing him with Massey chief executive Don Blankenship. (Search MASSEY for related stories) Maynard removed himself from a Boone County case involving a contract dispute between Massey and another coal company and a Brooke County case involving Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel. Justice Brent Benjamin has declined to recuse himself, although he was the recipient of $3 million in campaign contributions from Blankenship.

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