Posts tagged ‘legal pneumoconiosis’

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…

Fourth Circuit Rejects Coal Company’s Doctor’s FEV1/FVC Theory, Affirms Miner’s Award of Benefits (Westmoreland Coal Co. v. Stallard)

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a precedential “published” opinion affirming a coal miner’s award of federal black lung benefits. In…

Map of Jurisdiction of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit

Tenth Circuit Affirms Miner’s Black Lung Award Holding Coal-Mine Dust and Cigarette Smoke Are Additive (Energy West Mining Co. v. The Estate of Morris E. Blackburn )

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a published opinion affirming a coal miner’s award of federal black lung benefits. In Energy…

Sixth Circuit Holds That ALJs May Discredit Medical Opinions Based on Theory that COPD Caused by Coal-Mine Dust Ends Once Exposure Ends (Sunny Ridge Mining Co. v. Keathley)

Last week, in an important published decision (available here) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a miner’s award of black lung benefits—holding…