Posts tagged ‘statute of limitations’

Map of Jurisdictions of U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits

Sixth Circuit Upholds DOL Regs for Surface Miners to Qualify for Fifteen-Year Presumption, Affirms Surface Miner’s Award (Zurich American Insurance Group v. Duncan)

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…

Third Circuit Holds that State Workers’ Comp. Denial Resets Statute of Limitations for Federal Black Lung Benefits Claim (Eighty Four Mining Co. v. Director, OWCP [Morris])

Yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a precedential decision holding that a denial of a Pennsylvania workers’ compensation claim for black…