Settlement
On December 23, 1998, just before the trial was set to begin, fifteen women settled with Eveleth Mines for a total of $3.5 million. One of the original plaintiffs, Pat Kosmach, died partway through the case, on November 7, 1994.
The case was documented in the 2002 book Class Action and a 2005 fictionalized film version, North Country.
Read more about this topic: Jenson V. Eveleth Taconite Co.
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