Buffalo Creek Disaster
The day was February 26, 1972, a day that will live on in the hearts and minds of the victims and survivors of the Buffalo Creek disaster. The Buffalo Creek Disaster by Gerald M. ... The disaster occurred in Logan County of West Virginia. ... A dam that was constructed by Buffalo Mining Company, whose sole stockholder was Pittston Company, burst and released millions of gallons of black water upon the residents of Buffalo Creek bringing deaths to at least one hundred and twenty-five victims. ... Scalf noted of this disaster, “You can’t imagine, houses smashed, trailers destroyed, piles of trash and logs and brush bodies, at almost every bridge abutment. ... The dead were strung all along the creek and roadside. ... Stern could either sue the Buffalo Creek Mining Co. ... Piercing the corporate veil means to persuade the jury to disregard the separateness between the Buffalo Mining Company and the stockholder, Pittston. Piercing the corporate veil is very rare but Stern needed to prove that Pittston was responsible for the disaster. In order to pierce the corporate veil Stern needs to show that the Buffalo Mining Company was a subsidiary of Pittston’s Company, which means that Buffalo Mining Company worked in coordination with Pittston’s Company. ... Stern then started the legal process of a civil suit to help his clients obtain for what they had lost for the disaster caused by Pittston. ... ’ The first thing Stern did was he sent a summons to Pittston company stating that he was being sued for fifty-two million on the account of “flagrant disregard” for the lives of the people of Buffalo Creek.