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…
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued one of its rare decisions relating to black lung benefits. The decision will likely…
On Monday, April 23, 2018, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case that could have serious consequences for current and future recipients of federal…
After last week’s important publication in JAMA discussing NIOSH’s unprecedented finding of 416 coal miners with severe black lung—the largest single cluster of black lung ever…
A significant finding in black lung research was published today in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. The letter (which is embedded below) was…
Recently the U.S. Department of Labor increased by 1.4% the modest amount of money that disabled coal miners and their families who receive federal black lung…
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an unpublished decision in the black lung benefits claim of Ted Latusek. Consolidation Coal Co.…
In December, the Trump Administration announced it is considering rolling back MSHA regulations that protect coal miners from “black lung” disease, which comes from breathing in…
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…
On September 6, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Benefits Review Board issued a precedential decision in Griffith v. Terry Eagle Coal Co., No. 16-0587 BLA…