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is an irreversible and potentially deadly disease caused by exposure to coal dust. Under federal law, coal miners who have blacklung disease are entitled to disability payments funded by the industry. Miners and widows tell horror... Published: Sunday, October 28, 2012 Words: 665
benefits, and the process is complicated and time consuming. As part of the federal health-care reform law, Byrd succeeded in reversing Reagan-era changes to the blacklungbenefits program that had made it harder for miners or their... Published: Friday, April 02, 2010 Words: 521
and the Aracoma Mine fire in 2006, Byrd has pushed for tougher federal enforcement of mine safety laws and for more efforts to prevent blacklung and to compensate miners or their widows for the deadly disease's toll. "Despite failing... Published: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Words: 969
court Tuesday afternoon. Jurors will return Monday for a seventh day of deliberations in the trial of the former Massey Energy CEO. Reach KenWard Jr. at kward@wvgazettemail.com, 304-348-1702 or follow @kenwardjr on Twitter.... Published: Sunday, November 29, 2015 Words: 1327
topic and will work diligently to improve the health and safety of our miners. Staff writer David Gutman contributed to this report. Reach KenWard Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com, 304-348-1702 or follow @kenwardjr on Twitter.... Published: Sunday, October 19, 2014 Words: 1543
suspended for one year after the Supreme Court concluded he had withheld evidence from retired miner Elmer Daugherty in a blacklungbenefits case. Reach KenWard Jr. at kward@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1702.... Published: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Words: 742
the adjudication process with false evidence." Karlin told the 4th Circuit there are larger issues at play about whether the black-lungbenefits system is fair to disabled miners. "There are some problems in the blacklung system with... Published: Friday, November 01, 2013 Words: 969
Safety and Health, the federal agency that certifies doctors to read X-rays in blacklung cases. "The system for getting coal miners the blacklungbenefits they so obviously need and deserve is terribly broken, Rockefeller said in... Published: Friday, September 19, 2014 Words: 823
sought to have Kirkpatrick throw out the lawsuits, arguing among other things that any such civil lawsuits were pre-empted by the federal BlackLungBenefits Act. But Kirkpatrick noted that the state Supreme Court had already ruled... Published: Friday, June 08, 2012 Words: 661
While the 4th Circuit said Fox could not meet that standard against Jackson Kelly, Kirkpatrick said the test for reopening the blacklungbenefits case wasn't the same as the one the miners' families needed to meet to be able to pursue... Published: Saturday, September 06, 2014 Words: 880
