Posts tagged ‘Rolfe’

Published Board Decision: How NOT to Apply the Fifteen-Year Presumption (Griffith v. Terry Eagle Coal Co.)

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…

Published Board Decision: A Coal Miner’s Award of Benefits Does Not Need to Come Before His Death for a Survivor to be Automatically Entitled to Benefits under § 932(l) (Ferguson v. Oak Grove Resources, LLC)

On August 7, 2017, the Benefits Review Board issued a published decision (available here) concerning the “automatic entitlement” provision at 30 U.S.C. § 932(l). The Board rejected…

Board Holds in Published Case that Miners Cannot Be Compelled to Attend More than Two Operator Examinations (McClanahan v. Brem Coal Co.)

Earlier this week, the Benefits Review Board designated one of its decisions from last month as published. In McClanahan v. Brem Coal Co. (decision here), the…