Meagan Newman quoted in Business Insurance

Meagan Newman was quoted in a December 6 story from Business Insurance entitled “Former exec's conviction puts spotlight on safety for high-risk industries” on the split verdict in the trial of a former top official accused in a 2010 explosion that killed 29 coal miners in West Virginia. Last week  the official was acquitted of all felony charges, but convicted of a misdemeanor conspiracy charge for willfully violating U.S. mine health and safety standards. Newman said that increased enforcement by the federal mine safety agency and criminal charges brought against the mine manager and supervisor of Upper Big Branch have rightfully increased attention on mine employers.