Posts tagged ‘Keenan’

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…

Fourth Circuit Summarily Affirms Three Black Lung Awards (McElroy Coal Co. v. Director, OWCP [Wnek], McElroy Coal Co. v. Director, OWCP [Kennedy] & Consolidation Coal Co. v. Varner)

In the past week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit summarily affirmed awards of federal black lung benefits to two coal miners. These…

Three Fourth Circuit Decisions Affirming Awards of Black Lung Benefits (Island Creek Coal Co. v. Dykes, NBL Coal Co. v. Director, OWCP [Moore], and Island Creek Coal Co. v. Hargett))

In three cases in the past couple weeks, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed awards of federal black lung benefits. The unpublished…

Important Black Lung Decision: Fourth Circuit Affirms Miner’s Award in Hobet Mining, LLC v. Epling, Discredits Physician’s “Argue in the Alternative” Opinion

On Friday April 17, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a published decision in an important case: Hobet Mining, LLC v.…