Important Medical Study Details Severe Black Lung Among Surface Miners
I’m playing catch-up on a medical study that is very important to understanding the risks of black lung that surface miners face. In the January 2015…
Fourth Circuit Issues Jurisdictional Holding, Rejecting Challenge to Award of Miner’s Benefits (Coastal Coal-West Virgina, LLC v. Director, OWCP [Miller])
The U.S. Court of Appeals issued an unpublished, per curiam decision that provides a cautionary lesson about appellate procedure and deadlines in black lung cases. In…
Board Holds in Published Decision that “Rule Out” Standard Applies to Coal Operators Seeking to Rebut Presumption of Disability Causation (Minich v. Keystone Coal Mining Corp.)
The Department of Labor’s Benefits Review Board has issued an important, precedential decision in Minich v. Keystone Coal Mining Corp. (available here) regarding black lung benefits cases…
Miners and Advocates Meet in Jolliet, PA Regarding Procedural Problems in Black Lung Benefits System
The Citizen Standard from Valley View, Pennsylvania has a story about a meeting in Joliett, Pennsylvania of active and retired miners as well as an attorney…
Medical Studies Relevant to Black Lung from American Thoracic Society’s International Conference
The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine has published abstracts from the American Thoracic Society’s International Conference in Denver, which begins tomorrow. Below are…