Earlier today the radio program Here and Now—which runs on National Public Radio—ran a program called “The Resurgence of Black Lung in Appalachia.” The eleven-minute piece…
WYMT reports that a jury in Knott County, Kentucky has awarded a miner with black lung an $8 million verdict in a civil case involving product…
Yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a precedential decision holding that a denial of a Pennsylvania workers’ compensation claim for black…
Breaking news: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit rejected the coal industry’s challenge to the 2014 dust rule by the U.S. Department of…
I have been slow to post about a recent piece of medical research about the increasing rates of lung transplants for miners with black lung. Initially,…
The resurgence of black lung has made the cover of Environmental Health Perspectives, a widely-read journal published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.…
Most black lung claims are based on work that is undebatably in a coal mine. However, some individuals end up with breathing problems and attribute it…
In the past week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit summarily affirmed awards of federal black lung benefits to two coal miners. These…
Medical researchers have proven a fact largely recognized by black lung benefits practitioners but previously underappreciated by the medical literature: “simple” coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) is…
After six decades without a reported case of black lung, Australia is experiencing a resurgence of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. As reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation…