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Fourth Circuit Reverses Board on Substantial Evidence, Finds Doctor’s Opinion Insufficient to Support Finding that Coal-Mine Dust Caused Miner’s COPD (W. Va. CWP Fund v. Mullins)

On September 10, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision that did two things that are rare in black lung…

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 The unpublished…