Legal liability
The first trial took place in Trento and was concluded in less than three years. Legal proceedings ended after another four levels of judgment with the second sentence pronounced by the Supreme Court, which was delivered on 22nd June 1992. This verdict confirmed the sentences passed by the first trial. 10 people were convicted of multiple manslaughter and culpable catastrophe, in other words: Those responsible for building and managing the upper basin which first collapsed: the managers of the mine and some officials from companies involved in building and developing the upper basin from 1969 to 1985. Those responsible from