Yesterday in Consolidation Coal Co. v. Gilbert (decision here) the Fourth Circuit summarily affirmed a miner’s black lung benefits award. The court affirmed the award in the most…
Today in Lemarco, Inc. v. Helton, 559 F. App’x 465 (6th Cir. 2014) (slip op. here), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed an…
Supporting disabled coal miners and their widows, seven Members of Congress signed a letter to Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, criticizing the Department of Labor’s proposed…
On March 3, 2014, in Antelope Coal Co./Rio Tinto Energy America v. Goodin, 743 F.3d 1331 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed…
Today the Department of Labor made three policy changes that help miners win and defend their federal black lung benefits. The changes are marginal steps in…
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.…