On September 6, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Benefits Review Board issued a precedential decision in Griffith v. Terry Eagle Coal Co., No. 16-0587 BLA…
Over the weekend, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran a story about a black lung clinic in McMurray, Pennsylvania: Lungs at Work. The reporter spoke with Lynda Glagola,…
The uncertainty around the future of the black lung improvements that are contained within the Affordable Care Act continues. “Day one” has come and gone and…
The past week has not seen any concrete action regarding the Byrd Amendments. But like last week’s introduction of a proposed House Resolution by coalfield Republicans,…
Lately the black lung provisions that are within the Affordable Care Act—called the “Byrd Amendments”—have (rightly) been getting a lot of media attention. For example, there’s…
In a short, unpublished decision (decision here), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a widow’s award of black lung benefits under the…