Posts tagged ‘Gary K. Stearman’

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

Two Courts of Appeals Reject Late-Raised Appointments Clause Challenges in Black Lung Cases (Island Creek Coal Co. v. Wilkerson & Turner Bros., Inc. v. Conley)

The biggest legal issue in federal black lung benefits litigation right now concerns a relatively obscure part of the U.S. Constitution—the Appointments Clause. This past summer,…

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…

Third Circuit Holds that State Workers’ Comp. Denial Resets Statute of Limitations for Federal Black Lung Benefits Claim (Eighty Four Mining Co. v. Director, OWCP [Morris])

Yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a precedential decision holding that a denial of a Pennsylvania workers’ compensation claim for black…