Posts tagged ‘preamble’

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…

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Tenth Circuit Affirms Miner’s Black Lung Award Holding Coal-Mine Dust and Cigarette Smoke Are Additive (Energy West Mining Co. v. The Estate of Morris E. Blackburn )

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a published opinion affirming a coal miner’s award of federal black lung benefits. In Energy…

Tenth Circuit Affirms ALJ’s Use of Preamble in Awarding Black Lung Benefits (Blue Mountain Energy v. Director, OWCP [Gunderson])

On Friday, November 13, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a published decision in Blue Mountain Energy v. Director, OWCP [Gunderson…

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Sixth Circuit Holds “Minor” Contribution of Coal-Mine Dust to Lung Disease Can Prove Pneumoconiosis But Disability Causation Uses a Different Standard (Arch on the Green, Inc. v. Groves)

Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a published decision that turns upon the different legal standards used to determine whether a…