Posts tagged ‘automatic entitlement’

Published Board Decision: A Coal Miner’s Award of Benefits Does Not Need to Come Before His Death for a Survivor to be Automatically Entitled to Benefits under § 932(l) (Ferguson v. Oak Grove Resources, LLC)

On August 7, 2017, the Benefits Review Board issued a published decision (available here) concerning the “automatic entitlement” provision at 30 U.S.C. § 932(l). The Board rejected…

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

Sixth Circuit Affirms Widow’s Automatic Entitlement to Benefits Despite Previous Denial (Peabody Coal Co. v. Director, OWCP [Hill])

In a short, unpublished decision (decision here), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a widow’s award of black lung benefits under the…