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accession: "0001213900-26-103743"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "METC"
cik: "0001687187"
company_name: "Ramaco Resources, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-28T11:30:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:30:12.302745+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
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# Ramaco wins $30.0M jury verdict against Chubb in Elk Creek silo insurance coverage suit

## Summary
- Jury awarded Ramaco LLC $27.5M for net economic loss and $2.5M for aggravation and inconvenience; judgment entered September 25, 2026 in S.D. West Virginia.
- Attorney's fees, the third damages element, were not decided by the jury and will be determined by the Court; total verdict stated at $30.0 million.
- Defendants Federal Insurance Company and ACE American Insurance Company (Chubb units) have 28 days to file post-trial motions and 30 days from final judgment to appeal.
- Dispute stems from November 2018 partial collapse of a raw coal storage silo feeding the Elk Creek preparation plant; Ramaco LLC sued in August 2019.
- 2021 verdict of $7.7M contract damages plus $25.0M Hayseeds award was reduced to $1.8M, reinstated on appeal in 2023 with Hayseeds retried; contract damages already paid.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-103743
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: METC
- cik: 0001687187
- company_name: Ramaco Resources, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-28T11:30:12+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1687187/000121390026103743/0001213900-26-103743-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1687187/000121390026103743/ea0306775-8k_ramaco.htm

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