Today in Sextet Mining Corp. v. Whitfield (slip opinion available here, opinion also available at 604 F. App’x 442) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
Yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit summarily affirmed the awards of benefits in the claims of Greley Justus (who passed away in…
In its current issue, the Catholic University Law Review has published a note written by a law student about the legal standard for survivor’s claims following…
Yesterday, a news program from Knoxville, Tennessee’s WATE featured a miner named Leo Strunk whose claim for black lung benefits has been denied. The compelling story…
On March 21, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center (the publisher of this blog) is hosting an event called “Issues in Black Lung Benefits…
On January 7, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed (decision here) a miner’s award of black lung benefits, holding that substantial…
Last month the Department of Labor posted preliminary information about its proposal to hire contract lawyers to draft proposed decisions in federal black lung claims for…
Al Jazeera has posted an interesting 25-minute video (available here) about Chinese black lung activist Wang Keqin, an investigative journalist who formed an organization called “Love…
The United States isn’t the only country dealing with a black lung epidemic. A recent report from the Wall Street Journal documents the soaring rate of black…
On September 12, 2014, the Sixth Circuit issued its decision in Navistar, Inc. v. Forester, (767 F.3d 638 , 2014 WL 4473331, 6th Cir. 2014) reversing the…