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4th Circuit rules for miner in black-lung benefit case
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A diagnosis of black-lung disease, followed by a claim for
benefits and a denial, does not trigger the statute of limitations
for a second claim, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held.
Usually, the three-year statute of limitations on a black-lung
claim begins to run when the patient is diagnosed. But the court held
that, since a denial of benefits is treated as final, a black-lung
diagnosis that precedes a denial is treated as a misdiagnosis which
does not trigger the statute...
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4th Circuit rules for miner in black-lung benefit case
The Daily Record (Baltimore)
; A diagnosis of black-lung disease, followed by a claim for benefits and a denial, does not trigger the statute of limitations for a second claim, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. Usually, the three-year statute of limitations on a black-lung claim begins to run when the patient is
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NIOSH reports black lung rates double since '97
Charleston Gazette
; ... at Chicago and medical director of the coalition. "We're very concerned." United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts issued a news release Thursday to call attention to the new NIOSH findings. "Black lung is a preventable disease that was supposed to be on ...
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Miners lining up for shot at benefits: Changes in Ky. law loosen black lung claim restrictions
Charleston Daily Mail
; PIKEVILLE - Coal miners in eastern Kentucky are flocking to lawyers in hopes that changes to the state's workers' compensation law might make them eligible for black lung benefits. One attorney reported inquiries from some 200 miners after the law went into effect on July 15. "We won't be able to
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Potent black lung strain hits younger miners
Charleston Daily Mail
; CHICAGO - At 55, Connie Cline looks tanned, fit and trim. But walking only a block leaves him wheezing and winded. Cline suffers from black lung disease, the legacy of a decade he spent crawling through coal seams and blasting at coal faces in his native West Virginia. He's sitting in an exam room
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United Mine Workers President Blasts Republicans Black Lung Ads.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ... restore fairness to the black lung eligibility rules. To see more of The Charleston Gazette, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.wvgazette.com (c) 2000, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.
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State coal widow takes black lung plight to Washington
Charleston Gazette
; LINN - By the end of a life in which he spent 17 years in underground coal mines, Carson Clay Chapman's lungs were too weak for him to take two steps from his living room to his kitchen. His widow, Linda Chapman of Spencer, recalls those two steps each day as she takes 700,000 of her own on a
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BLACK LUNG VICTIMS
Capitol Hill Press Releases
; 00-00-0000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 17, 2002 Hart Bill to Improve Benefits Process for Black Lung Victims Ready for President Bush's Signature WASHINGTON, D.C. - Legislation sponsored by Rep. Melissa Hart (R- PA) to improve the benefits process for Black Lung victims is now on its way to
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Renewed Concern Over Black Lung; Coal Is Vital in the Nation's Energy Plan, but Miners Remain Exposed
The Washington Post
; At 55, Connie Cline looks tanned, fit and trim. But walking only a block leaves him wheezing and winded. Cline suffers from black lung disease, the legacy of a decade he spent crawling through coal seams and blasting at coal faces in West Virginia. He's sitting in an exam room at the black lung
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Widow walking to Washington to spotlight black lung
Charleston Gazette
; susanwilliams@wvgazette.com People who responded to the disaster at the World Trade Center soon began to experience trouble breathing, Linda Chapman said. "In 48 hours of breathing that white dust from the towers, they started having problems. But no one said to them, 'Prove it "With a coal miner,
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RENEWED CONCERN OVER BLACK LUNG
Rachel's Democracy & Health News
; Coal Is Vital in the Nation's Energy Plan, but Miners Remain Exposed CHICAGO - At 55, Connie Cline looks tanned, fit and trim. But walking only a block leaves him wheezing and winded. Cline suffers from black lung disease, the legacy of a decade he spent crawling through coal seams and blasting at
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