2020 Black Lung Benefits Rates
This month, coal miners and their families received news that the U.S. Department of Labor increased federal black lung benefits by 2.6%. For a disabled coal…
This month, coal miners and their families received news that the U.S. Department of Labor increased federal black lung benefits by 2.6%. For a disabled coal…
85% of miners eligible for NIOSH Part 90 free lung screenings don’t participate… …there are 273 cases of progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) in this clinic alone…30…
It’s almost March 2019 and coal miners and their families who receive federal black lung benefits are still waiting on the annual increase in benefits that…
Today National Public Radio (NPR) is running a powerful story by Howard Berkes, one of their investigative reporters who has been central to documenting the resurgence…
As the end of 2018 approaches, the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund is receiving lots of media attention as Congress plays chicken with the deadline to…
The biggest legal issue in federal black lung benefits litigation right now concerns a relatively obscure part of the U.S. Constitution—the Appointments Clause. This past summer,…
Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Benefits Review Board issued its first precedential case of 2018. Miller v. Pine Branch Coal Sales, Inc., No. 18-0323…
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a major decision that threatens many more delays in federal black lung cases. On its surface, the issue in Lucia…
Yesterday, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a major report about the black lung benefits system. The report looked at the finances of the Black…
Yesterday, NPR published another article in its series on the recent resurgence of black lung among American coal miners. The piece by Howard Berkes (with help…