On January 27, 2014, in Dominion Coal Corp. v. Compton (decision here), the Fourth Circuit summarily affirmed a decision granting the black lung benefits survivor claim…
On January 3, 2014, the Fourth Circuit ruled that, despite deliberately withholding medical evidence showing that Gary Fox had complicated pneumoconiosis and was, thus, entitled to…
Congress has approved a 2014 budget via the “Omnibus Bill.” (Its actual title is the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014,” the text of which is available here.) …
The Yale Global Health Justice Partnership just released an impressive policy paper on occupational lung disease in South Africa. The paper provides an interesting comparative overview…
Yesterday the Supreme Court declined to grant certiorari and review the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Buck Creek Coal Co. v. Sexton, 706 F.3d 756 (6th Cir.…
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit released two for-publication decisions in black lung benefits cases which each considered different issues that…