Map of Jurisdictions of U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits

Sixth Circuit Upholds DOL Regs for Surface Miners to Qualify for Fifteen-Year Presumption, Affirms Surface Miner’s Award (Zurich American Insurance Group v. Duncan)

Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a precedential decision in a federal black lung benefits claim: Zurich American Insurance…

Sixth Circuit Affirms Miner’s Black Lung Award: ALJ’s Finding of “Substantial” Smoking History Sufficient Explanation (Grayson Coal & Stone Co. v. Teague)

This week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a coal miner’s award of benefits in an unpublished decision, Grayson Coal & Stone…

Sixth Circuit Affirms Miner’s Award of Black Lung Benefits, Holds ALJ Can Give Weight to Doctor Whose Opinion Does Not Address Subsequent Evidence (Lance Coal Corp./Golden Oak Mining Co. v. Caudill)

Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a Kentucky coal miner’s award of federal black lung benefits via an unpublished decision. Lance…

Sixth Circuit Affirms Surface Miner’s Award of Benefits, Applying 2013 Amendments to Regs (Central Ohio Coal Co. v. Director, OWCP [Sterling])

Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a published decision (available here) which clarifies that surface miners with pending black lung benefits…

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Sixth Circuit Upholds DOL Regs for Surface Miners to Qualify for Fifteen-Year Presumption, Affirms Surface Miner’s Award (Zurich American Insurance Group v. Duncan)

Sixth Circuit Affirms Miner’s Black Lung Award: ALJ’s Finding of “Substantial” Smoking History Sufficient Explanation (Grayson Coal & Stone Co. v. Teague)

Sixth Circuit Affirms Miner’s Award of Black Lung Benefits, Holds ALJ Can Give Weight to Doctor Whose Opinion Does Not Address Subsequent Evidence (Lance Coal Corp./Golden Oak Mining Co. v. Caudill)

Sixth Circuit Affirms Surface Miner’s Award of Benefits, Applying 2013 Amendments to Regs (Central Ohio Coal Co. v. Director, OWCP [Sterling])