Posts tagged ‘Benefits Review Board’

Published Board Decision: How NOT to Apply the Fifteen-Year Presumption (Griffith v. Terry Eagle Coal Co.)

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…

Board Holds in Published Case that Miners Cannot Be Compelled to Attend More than Two Operator Examinations (McClanahan v. Brem Coal Co.)

Earlier this week, the Benefits Review Board designated one of its decisions from last month as published. In McClanahan v. Brem Coal Co. (decision here), the…

Board Holds in Published, En Banc Case that Attorneys’ Fees for Defending a Fee Petition Are Proper Under the Black Lung Benefits Act (Clisso v. Elro Coal Co.)

First, apologies for the lack of new content over the past few months. There’s been relatively few precedential decisions issued in black lung claims, and at…