Posts tagged ‘Floyd’

Fourth Circuit Case Affirming Benefits for Unrepresented Widow Demonstrates Delays and Lack of Adequate Representation for Black Lung Claimants (West Virginia CWP Fund v. Loudermilk)

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit summarily affirmed the decisions awarding benefits to Valla Jean Loudermilk and her deceased husband Harold…

Important Black Lung Decision: Fourth Circuit Affirms Miner’s Award in Hobet Mining, LLC v. Epling, Discredits Physician’s “Argue in the Alternative” Opinion

On Friday April 17, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a published decision in an important case: Hobet Mining, LLC v.…