Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation (2014)

Citation: Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation (2014)
Parent Document: Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation (2014)
Jurisdiction: Missouri (state)
Effective Date: 2014-06-17
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2678642/patrick-blanks-v-fluor-corporation/ ↗

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   In March of 1864, during the Civil War, a group of New York investors founded the St. Joseph Lead
Company, a mining company and predecessor to The Doe Run Company. The company’s original lead
mine and smelter operations were located at Bonne Terre, Missouri. In 1886, the trustees approved local
management’s proposal to form a small company, to establish a mine on Doe Run Creek. Around 1890,
this company began extensive drilling in the vicinity of Flat River, now Park Hills, Missouri, and
discovered a rich body of ore. Construction of the Herculaneum smelter followed in 1892. The smelter
operated continuously for the next 121 years.
A source outside our record reports that operation at the smelter ceased and the smelter closed at the end of
2013. Leah Thorsen, Smelter’s Closure is End of Era in Herculaneum, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December
15, 2013. We mention this for the reader’s benefit. Obviously, we do not consider matters outside the
record in our consideration of this appeal.
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    In all, the children sued eight entities; they proceeded to trial against only three: Fluor, Massey, and
DRIH. Massey is now known as Appalachia Holding Company.

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