20 C.F.R. § 718.201
Definition of pneumoconiosis
(a) For the purpose of the Act, “pneumoconiosis” means a chronic dust disease of the lung and its sequelae, including respiratory and pulmonary impairments, arising out of coal mine employment. This definition includes both medical, or “clinical”, pneumoconiosis and statutory, or “legal”, pneumoconiosis.
(1) Clinical Pneumoconiosis. “Clinical pneumoconiosis” consists of those diseases recognized by the medical community as pneumoconioses, i.e., the conditions characterized by permanent deposition of substantial amounts of particulate matter in the lungs and the fibrotic reaction of the lung tissue to that deposition caused by dust exposure in coal mine employment. This definition includes, but is not limited to, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, anthracosilicosis, anthracosis, anthrosilicosis, massive pulmonary fibrosis, silicosis or silicotuberculosis, arising out of coal mine employment.
(2) Legal Pneumoconiosis. “Legal pneumoconiosis” includes any chronic lung disease or impairment and its sequelae arising out of coal mine employment. This definition includes, but is not limited to, any chronic restrictive or obstructive pulmonary disease arising out of coal mine employment.
(b) For purposes of this section, a disease “arising out of coal mine employment” includes any chronic pulmonary disease or respiratory or pulmonary impairment significantly related to, or substantially aggravated by, dust exposure in coal mine employment.
(c) For purposes of this definition, “pneumoconiosis” is recognized as a latent and progressive disease which may first become detectable only after the cessation of coal mine dust exposure.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 324
cases (46 in the last 5 years), 1983–2026 · leading case: Gunderson v. United States Dep't of Labor, 601 F.3d 1013 (10th Cir. 2010).
Gunderson v. United States Dep't of Labor, 601 F.3d 1013 (10th Cir. 2010). “The ALJ heard conflicting evidence: Mr. Gunderson's doctors concluded that he suffered from pneumoconiosis arising from coal dust exposure and that he was disabled because of the disease, while doctors testifying on behalf of Blue Mountain Energy opined that Mr.”
Westmoreland Coal Co. v. Jarrell Cochran, 718 F.3d 319 (4th Cir. 2013). “” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). “[P]neumoconiosis can take two forms”: “clinical” pneumoconiosis and “legal” pneumoconiosis.”
Sea \B\" Mining Co. v. Shirley Addison", 831 F.3d 244 (4th Cir. 2016). “” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). Courts recognize two forms of pneumo-coniosis: “clinical” and “legal.”
Harman Mining Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 678 F.3d 305 (4th Cir. 2012). “” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). The courts have long recognized that pneumoconiosis can take two forms: “clinical” pneumoconiosis and “legal” pneumoconiosis.”
Sherman Greene v. King James Coal Mining, Inc., 575 F.3d 628 (6th Cir. 2009). “20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). The regulations define clinical (or medical) pneumoconiosis as “those diseases recognized by the medical community as pneumoconiosis, i.”
Zurich Am. Ins. Grp. v. Duncan Ex Rel. Duncan, 889 F.3d 293 (6th Cir. 2018). “Clinical pneumoconiosis"consists of those diseases recognized by the medical community as pneumoconioses," *297 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(1), whereas legal pneumoconiosis"includes any chronic lung disease or impairment and its sequelae arising out of coal mine employment," 20 C.”
Wilgar Land Co. v. OWCP, 85 F.4th 828 (6th Cir. 2023). “20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). The regulation defined the word “pneumoconiosis” to include both “medical, or ‘clinical’, pneumoconiosis and statutory, or ‘legal’, pneumoconiosis.”
West Virginia CWP Fund v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 880 F.3d 691 (4th Cir. 2018). “See 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(1). The statutory definition of “pneumoconiosis” is broader, reaching not only so-called “clinical.”
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Melyndia Bryan, 937 F.3d 738 (6th Cir. 2019). “Page 23 operator to prove that the miner had neither clinical pneumoconiosis (diseases that the medical community recognizes as pneumoconiosis, 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(1)) nor legal pneumoconiosis (a broader category of lung impairments that are significantly related to, or…”
Sunny Ridge Mining Co., Inc. v. Herbert Keathley, 773 F.3d 734 (6th Cir. 2014). “Broudy’s statement— that “coal mine dust-related chronic bronchitis should dissipate with cessation of coal mine dust exposure and usually stops with exposure cessation” — was “inconsistent with the regulatory definition of pneumoconiosis in 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (c) as a latent…”
Antelope Coal Co./Rio Tinto Energy Am. v. Goodin, 743 F.3d 1331 (10th Cir. 2014). “” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(1). Legal pneumoconiosis, added in 1978, 30 U.”
Morrison v. Tennessee Consol. Coal Co., 644 F.3d 473 (6th Cir. 2011). “See 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (b) (explaining that "a disease 'arising out of coal mine employment’ includes any chronic pulmonary disease or respiratory or pulmonary impairment significantly related to, or substantially aggravated by, dust exposure in coal mine employment”).”
Cent. Ohio Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 762 F.3d 483 (6th Cir. 2014). “” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(1). “Legal pneumoconiosis” is a broader and less definite term that refers to any chronic lung disease that was caused in this instance by exposure to coal, dust.”
Energy West Mining Co. v. Oliver, 555 F.3d 1211 (10th Cir. 2009). “As we noted in Andersen , the Labor Department codified this interpretation at 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). The regulation defines “legal” pneumoconiosis to encompass “any chronic lung disease or impairment and its sequelae,” including “any chronic restrictive or obstructive…”
Cumberland River Coal Co. v. Billie Banks, 690 F.3d 477 (6th Cir. 2012). “” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (c). The Act directs the Department of Labor (the Department) to “make payments of benefits in respect of total disability of any miner due to pneumoconiosis.”
Incoal, Inc. v. OWCP, 123 F.4th 808 (6th Cir. 2024). “” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(2). The regulations explicitly provide that “[t]his definition includes, but is not limited to, any chronic restrictive or obstructive pulmonary disease arising out of coal mine employment.”
Blue Mountain Energy v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 805 F.3d 1254 (10th Cir. 2015). “Specifically, Blue Mountain contends the ALJ gave the preamble to the regulations redefining compensable pneumoconiosis in 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 1 the force and effect of law, even though the preamble had not been subject to APA notice and comment.”
Edwin Southard v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 732 F.2d 66 (6th Cir. 1984). “203 (a) with either the evidence or 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 ; 2) although the AU did make reference to § 718.”
Helen Mining Co v. James Elliott, Sr., 859 F.3d 226 (3rd Cir. 2017). “§ 902 (b)); see 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). The upshot of this amendment, when considered together with § 921(c)(4), was that the disease and disease causation elements *231 overlapped, so if the Secretary could not rebut the presumption by proving that the miner did not have a…”
Andersen v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 455 F.3d 1102 (10th Cir. 2006). “See 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 . 2 *1104 According to the regulations, clinical pneumoconiosis consists of those lung diseases the medical community refers to as pneumoconiosis — “the condition characterized by permanent deposition of substantial amounts of particulate matter in the…”
Energy West Mining Co. v. Est. of Blackburn, 857 F.3d 817 (10th Cir. 2017). “” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). This case involves legal pneu-moconiosis, not clinical pneumoconiosis.”
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Dennis E. Compton Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 211 F.3d 203 (4th Cir. 2000). “1995); 20 C.F.R. §§ 718.201 -.204 (1999). Island Creek argues that the ALJ and BRB erred in concluding that Compton satisfied the first and fourth elements of his claim.”
Huscoal, Inc. v. OWCP, 48 F.4th 480 (6th Cir. 2022). “2014) (quoting 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(1)). Legal pneumoconiosis is much broader, encompassing “any chronic lung disease or impairment and its sequelae arising out of coal mine employment.”
Consolidation Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 732 F.3d 723 (7th Cir. 2013). “See 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (c) (noting that “ ‘pneumoconiosis’ is recognized as a latent and progressive disease which may first become detectable only after the cessation of coal mine dust exposure”).”
Arch on the Green, Inc. v. Lawrence Groves, 761 F.3d 594 (6th Cir. 2014). “They each must arise “out of coal mine employment,” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)). Summarizing twelve single-spaced pages of analysis, the ALJ wrote: I credit Drs.”
Island Creek Kentucky Mining v. Roy Ramage, Sr., 737 F.3d 1050 (6th Cir. 2013). “chronic lung disease or impairment and its sequelae arising out of coal mine employment,” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(2), where “a disease ‘arising out of coal mine employment’ includes any chronic pulmonary disease or respiratory or pulmonary impairment significantly related to, or…”
Little David Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 532 F. App'x 633 (6th Cir. 2012). “The Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) found that Collins was entitled to benefits because he suffered from a totally disabling respiratory impairment that qualified as “legal pneumoconiosis,” as defined by 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 . For the reasons discussed herein, we AFFIRM.”
B & G Constr. Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 662 F.3d 233 (3rd Cir. 2011). “" 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 . [2] There are four parties in these proceedings, B & G, the State Workers Insurance Fund (though not further identified in the caption presumably that of Pennsylvania), the Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, and Norma G.”
Eastover Mining Co. v. Dorothy S. Williams & Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 338 F.3d 501 (6th Cir. 2003). “This definition includes, but is not limited to, coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, anthracosilicosis, anthracosis, anthrosilicosis, massive pulmonary fibrosis, progressive massive fibrosis, silicosis, or silicotuberculosis, arising out of coal mine employment.”
Rockwood Cas. Ins. Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 917 F.3d 1198 (10th Cir. 2019). “" 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(1). Legal pneumoconiosis, on the other hand, is defined as any "chronic dust disease of the lung and its sequelae, including respiratory and pulmonary impairments, arising out of coal mine employment.”
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Elizabeth Maynard, 87 F.4th 802 (6th Cir. 2023). ““Clinical pneumoconiosis ‘consists of those diseases recognized by the medical community as pneumoconioses,’ 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(1), whereas legal pneumoconiosis ‘includes any chronic lung disease or impairment and its sequelae arising out of coal mine employment,’ 20 C.”
Nat'l Mining Ass'n v. Dep't of Labor, 292 F.3d 849 (D.C. Cir. 2002). “20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). Legal pneumoconiosis is defined to include “any chronic lung disease or impairment .”
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Larry Young, 947 F.3d 399 (6th Cir. 2020). “20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (b). The ALJ’s opinion acknowledged this standard—that Island Creek needed to show that Young’s lung impairment was not “significantly related to, or substantially aggravated by” coal dust exposure.”
Jesse Adams v. Dir., Owcp, 886 F.2d 818 (6th Cir. 1989). “” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 . Under these circumstances, in the Director’s view, the miner’s entire lung disease is “legal” pneumoconio-sis under the regulations, and his totally disabling respiratory impairment must therefore be considered “due to” his pneu-moconiosis.”
Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. Erma Owens, 724 F.3d 550 (4th Cir. 2013). “20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). A claims examiner found that Owens was eligible for benefits and ordered Mingo Logan to pay him $1,048.”
West Virginia CWP Fund v. Page Bender, Jr., 782 F.3d 129 (4th Cir. 2015). “” 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(2) (2014). Under this new regime, the concerns animating the Court’s decision in Usery , namely, concerns about Section 921(c)(4) preventing an operator from rebutting the presumption by showing that a miner was not disabled due to clinical…”
Peabody Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 746 F.3d 1119 (9th Cir. 2014). “See 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). Opp alleged that his condition constituted legal pneumoconiosis and that he was entitled to benefits under the Act.”
Consolidation Coal Co. v. OWCP, 911 F.3d 824 (7th Cir. 2018). “§ 902 (b) ; 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). And the regulations define two subcategories of pneumoconiosis : "Clinical pneumoconiosis" refers to "those diseases recognized by the medical community as pneumoconioses, i.”
Mike Mangus v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor & Price River Coal Co., 882 F.2d 1527 (10th Cir. 1989). “20 C.F.R. § 718.201 provides that: For the purpose of the Act, "pneumoconio-sis” means a chronic dust disease of the lung and its sequelae, including respiratory and *1530 ptilmonary impairments, arising out of coal mine employment.”
Arthur Bonessa v. United States Steel Corp., & Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, U.S. Dep't of Labor, Party in Interest, 884 F.2d 726 (3rd Cir. 1989). “Doctor Silverman: diagnosis of hypertension, anthracosilicosis, (a condition included in the 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 definition of pneumoconiosis) and possible coronary disease; a combination of all Bonessa’s problems prevented him from returning to work; and, anthracosilicosis made…”
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Union Carbide Corp. v. Virginia Richards, 721 F.3d 307 (4th Cir. 2013).
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S. Ohio Coal Co. v. OWCP, 128 F.4th 809 (6th Cir. 2025).
Keene v. Consolidation Coal Co., 645 F.3d 844 (7th Cir. 2011).
Buck Creek Coal Co. v. Gay Sexton, 706 F.3d 756 (6th Cir. 2013).
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Clinchfield Coal Co. v. Fuller, 180 F.3d 622 (4th Cir. 1999).
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Dennis Cornett v. Benham Coal, Inc. Kentucky Producers' Self-Ins. Fund & Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 227 F.3d 569 (6th Cir. 2000).
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Salvadore Plesh v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 71 F.3d 103 (3rd Cir. 1995).
Nora Collins v. Pond Creek Mining Co., 751 F.3d 180 (4th Cir. 2014).
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Consolidation Coal Co. v. Everett Galusky, 648 F. App'x 316 (4th Cir. 2016).
Sunnyside Coal Co. v. OWCP, 112 F.4th 902 (10th Cir. 2024).
Extra Energy, Inc. v. DOWCP, 140 F.4th 138 (4th Cir. 2025).
Hunt v. Kentland Elkhorn Coal Corp., 159 F. App'x 659 (6th Cir. 2005).
Peabody Coal Co. v. Shonk, 906 F.2d 264 (7th Cir. 1990).
Premium Coal Co., Inc. v. OWCP, 619 F. App'x 447 (6th Cir. 2015).
Balsavage v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 295 F.3d 390 (3rd Cir. 2002).
Dante Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 164 F. App'x 338 (4th Cir. 2006).
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Drummond Co., Inc. v. Dir., OWCP, 650 F. App'x 690 (11th Cir. 2016).
Safeco Ins./Liberty Mut. Sur. v. OWCP, 103 F.4th 1285 (7th Cir. 2024).
Jericol Mining, Inc. v. Napier, 301 F.3d 703 (6th Cir. 2002).
Barber v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 43 F.3d 899 (4th Cir. 1995).
John Grimmett v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 826 F.2d 1015 (11th Cir. 1987).
Consolidation Coal Co. v. Kramer, 305 F.3d 203 (3rd Cir. 2002).
Consolidation Coal Co. v. Smith, 699 F.2d 446 (8th Cir. 1983).
Carter v. The Illinois Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 2014 IL App (5th) 130151WC (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
Carter v. The Illinois Workers' Comp. Comm'n, 2014 IL App (5th) 130151WC (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
Peabody Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 972 F.2d 178 (7th Cir. 1992).
Canterbury Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 463 F. App'x 90 (3rd Cir. 2012).
Peabody Coal Co. v. Carolyn Belt, 486 F. App'x 593 (6th Cir. 2012).
Dante Coal Co. v. Jones, 37 F. App'x 637 (4th Cir. 2002).
Mountain Clay, Inc. v. Collins, 256 F. App'x 757 (6th Cir. 2007).
United States Steel Mining Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 187 F.3d 384 (4th Cir. 1999).
Charles v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 1 F.3d 251 (4th Cir. 1993).
Midland Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 358 F.3d 486 (7th Cir. 2004).
Gulf & W. Indus. v. Ling, 176 F.3d 226 (4th Cir. 1999).
McClendon v. Drummond Coal Co., 861 F.2d 1512 (11th Cir. 1988).
Woodrow Dagnan v. Black Diamond Coal Mining Co. & Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 994 F.2d 1536 (11th Cir. 1993).
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Robert Hill (6th Cir. 2018). “” 20 C.F.R. 718.201(a)(2). “To establish entitlement to benefits, the claimant must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that (1) he has pneumoconiosis; (2) his pneumoconiosis arose at least in part out of his coal mine employment; (3) he is totally disabled; and (4) the…”
Little T Coal Co. v. OWCP (6th Cir. 2023).
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co v. Randall McMillin (3rd Cir. 2025).
Energy West Mining Co. v. Schilpp (10th Cir. 2025).
Westmoreland Coal Co. v. Amick, 289 F. App'x 638 (4th Cir. 2008).
Consolidation Coal Co. v. Latusek, 89 F. App'x 373 (4th Cir. 2004).
Energy West Mining Co. v. Johnson, 233 F. App'x 860 (10th Cir. 2007).
Consol Energy v. Michael Sweeney, 648 F. App'x 232 (3rd Cir. 2016).
Consolidation Coal Co. v. OWCP (7th Cir. 2018).
Consolidation Coal Co. v. OWCP (7th Cir. 2018).
Rockwood Cas. Ins. v. Dir., OWCP (10th Cir. 2019).
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Wallace Uzzle (6th Cir. 2021).
Energy West v. Bristow (10th Cir. 2022).
Sea \B\" Mining Co. v. Thomas Martin" (4th Cir. 2023).
S. Ohio Coal Co. v. OWCP (6th Cir. 2025).
Wyoming Fuel Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 90 F.3d 1502 (10th Cir. 1996).
Antelope Coal Co./Rio v. Goodin (10th Cir. 2014).
McNally Pittsburg Mfg. Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 89 F. App'x 152 (10th Cir. 2004).
Johnson v. Royal Coal Co., 326 F.3d 421 (4th Cir. 2003).
Lewis Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 373 F.3d 570 (4th Cir. 2004).
Elkay Mining Co. v. Hazel Smith, 712 F. App'x 222 (4th Cir. 2017).
CONSOL of Ky., Inc. v. Steve Eskut (6th Cir. 2018).
KenWest Terminals v. Vickie Salyers (6th Cir. 2018).
Robert Coal Co. v. OWCP (6th Cir. 2018).
West Virginia CWP Fund v. Donald Bell, Sr. (4th Cir. 2019).
Helvetia Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 677 F. App'x 790 (3rd Cir. 2017). “, the conditions characterized by permanent deposition of substantial amounts of particulate matter in the lungs and the fíbrotic reaction of the lung tissue to that deposition caused by dust exposure in coal mine employment,” 20 C.F.R, § 718.201(a)(1); and (2) legal…”
Island Creek Coal Co. v. OWCP (6th Cir. 2024).
Keystone Coal Mining Corp v. Dir. Off. of Workers Comp. Programs U (3rd Cir. 2024).
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co v. Dir. Off. of Workers Comp. Programs (3rd Cir. 2024).
Consol Mining Co LLC v. United States Dep't of Labor (3rd Cir. 2025).
Island Creek Ky. Mining v. OWCP (6th Cir. 2026).
Consolidation Coal Co. v. OWCP, 129 F.4th 409 (7th Cir. 2025).
Ispat/Inland, Inc. v. Dir. OWCP, 422 F. App'x 149 (3rd Cir. 2011).
Morgan v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 258 F. App'x 571 (4th Cir. 2007).
Livermore, Maxine v. Amax Coal Co. (7th Cir. 2002).
Richard Sprague v. Off. of Workers' Compensatio (7th Cir. 2009).
Sprague v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 310 F. App'x 890 (7th Cir. 2009).
Sprague v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 310 F. App'x 890 (7th Cir. 2009).
Hixson v. Dir., OWCP, 401 F. App'x 639 (3rd Cir. 2010).
Westmoreland Coal Co. v. Ramsey, 28 F. App'x 173 (4th Cir. 2001).
Lovilia Coal Co. v. Wesley Harvey, 109 F.3d 445 (8th Cir. 1997).
Consolidation Coal Co v. Dir. OWCP (3rd Cir. 2018).
S. Ohio Coal Co. v. OWCP (6th Cir. 2019).
Mac Coleman v. Christen Coleman Trucking (6th Cir. 2019).
David Stanley Consultants v. Dir. Off. of Workers Com (3rd Cir. 2020).
Jackson v. Black Butte Coal Co. (10th Cir. 2022).
Carpentertown Coal & Coke Co v. Dir. Off. of Workers Com (3rd Cir. 2023).
Consol of Kentucky, Inc. v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 2024).
James Goodwin, John Ingram, Raymond Lovejoy, Jeffrey Allen, Charles Lilly, & Raymond Muncy v. 3M Co., Am. Optical Corp., Cabot CSC Corp., Cabot Corp., Aearo Tech., LLC, Aearo, LLC, Mine Saf. Appliances Co., LLC, E. States Mine Supply Co., Raleigh Mine & Indus. Supply, & United Cent. Indus. Supply, LLC (2024). “” See 20 C.F.R § 718.201(a)(2) (2014). 6 Jeffrey Allen Jeffrey Allen began working in underground coal mines in 1975 and continued such work for over forty-five years.”
S. Appalachian Coal Co. v. Arvil Hendricks (4th Cir. 2025).
Consolidation Coal Co. v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 2025).
Icg Knott Cnty., LLC v. Owcp (6th Cir. 2025).
Clinchfield Coal Co. v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 2025).
Wolf Run Mining Co. v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 2026).
Star Servs. Corp. v. OWCP (6th Cir. 2026).
Ispat/Inland, Inc. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 422 F. App'x 153 (3rd Cir. 2011).
United States Steel Mining Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 40 F. App'x 819 (4th Cir. 2002).
Bethenergy Mines, Inc. v. Rowan, 50 F. App'x 578 (4th Cir. 2002).
Natl Mines Corp v. Dir OWCP, US Dept Labor, 553 F. App'x 273 (3rd Cir. 2014).
Westmoreland Coal Co., Inc. v. Edward Stidham, 561 F. App'x 280 (4th Cir. 2014).
Hill v. Dir. OWCP (3rd Cir. 2009).
Felton v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 339 F. App'x 187 (3rd Cir. 2009). “See 20 C.F.R §§ 718.201(a)(1) and 718.201(a)(2).”
Felton v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 339 F. App'x 187 (3rd Cir. 2009). “See 20 C.F.R §§ 718.201(a)(1) and 718.201(a)(2).”
Hensley v. Consolidation Coal Co., 658 S.W.2d 94 (Tenn. 1983).
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. v. Sanchez, 18 F. App'x 722 (10th Cir. 2001).
Energy West Mining v. Johnson (10th Cir. 2007).
Consolidation Coal v. William Kusch, 413 F. App'x 552 (3rd Cir. 2011).
Burek v. Valley Camp Coal Co., 12 F. App'x 152 (4th Cir. 2001).
Clinchfield Coal Co. v. Smith, 19 F. App'x 36 (4th Cir. 2001).
Sewell Coal Co. v. O'Dell, 16 F. App'x 129 (4th Cir. 2001).
Colley & Colley Coal Co. v. Breeding, 59 F. App'x 563 (4th Cir. 2003).
Cannelton Indus., Inc. v. Frye, 93 F. App'x 551 (4th Cir. 2004).
Hobet Mining, Inc. v. Terry, 219 F. App'x 310 (4th Cir. 2007).
Cowin & Co., Inc. v. Dir., OWCP, 535 F. App'x 779 (11th Cir. 2013).
West Virginia CWP Fund Ex Rel. Daniel Boone Coal Co. of WV, Inc. v. Gump, 566 F. App'x 219 (4th Cir. 2014).
Consolidation Coal Co. v. OWCP (7th Cir. 2013).
Consolidation Coal v. Williams (4th Cir. 2006).
A & E Coal Co. v. James Adams (6th Cir. 2012).
Consol Coal Co v. OWCP (7th Cir. 2002).
Cyprus Cumberland Resources v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 170 F. App'x 787 (3rd Cir. 2006).
Stasium v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 50 F. App'x 503 (3rd Cir. 2002).
Peabody Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 64 F. App'x 566 (7th Cir. 2003).
BethEnergy Mines Inc v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 1996).
Island Creek Coal Co v. Compton (4th Cir. 2000).
Chevron Mining, Inc. v. Dir., Off. of Worker's Comp. Programs, 653 F. App'x 659 (11th Cir. 2016).
Frontier-Kemper Constructors v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 2017).
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Linda Hunt (6th Cir. 2018).
Turner Bros. v. Conley (10th Cir. 2018).
Bizzack Constr., LLC v. James Fannin (6th Cir. 2019).
BrickStreet Mut. Ins. v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 2019).
Mann v. Turner Bros. (10th Cir. 2019).
Island Creek Kentucky Mining Co. v. William Belt (6th Cir. 2020).
T Coal Co. v. Daniel Cook (4th Cir. 2023).
Cedar Coal Co. v. Noel Holcomb (4th Cir. 2023).
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Daniel Looney (4th Cir. 2024).
Lance Coal Corp. v. OWCP (6th Cir. 2024).
Rockspring Dev., Inc. v. Randy Brown (W. Va. 2024).
Scalia v. Chevron Mining, Inc. (W.D. Ky. 2021).
Scalia v. Chevron Mining, Inc. (W.D. Ky. 2021).
Am. Energy, LLC v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 2024).
Toler's Creek Energy, Inc. v. OWCP (6th Cir. 2025).
Cumberland River Coal Co. v. OWCP (6th Cir. 2025).
Ronald Hardy v. 3M Co. (W. Va. 2025).
Cedar Coal Co. v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 2026).
Sequoia Energy, LLC v. Amy Mitchell (6th Cir. 2026).
Extra Energy, Inc. v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 2026).
U.S. Steel Mining v. OWCP (10th Cir. 1999).
Roberts v. WV CWP Fund (4th Cir. 1996).
Austin v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 1997).
Schifano v. South Union Coal Co (4th Cir. 1998).
Consolidation Coal v. Latusek (4th Cir. 1999).
Richardson v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 1996).
Energy West Mining Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 105 F. App'x 248 (10th Cir. 2004).
West Virginia Cwp Fund v. Elsie Stacy (4th Cir. 2011).
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Jimmy Garrett, 459 F. App'x 524 (6th Cir. 2012).
R.F.I. Energy, Inc. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 488 F. App'x 622 (3rd Cir. 2012).
T.J.S. Mining v. Ronald Patrick, 528 F. App'x 242 (3rd Cir. 2013).
Jarvis v. Carbon Fuel Co., 77 F. App'x 164 (4th Cir. 2003).
Yogi Mining Co. v. Fife, 159 F. App'x 441 (4th Cir. 2005).
Westmoreland Coal Co., Inc. v. Johnny Fortner, 538 F. App'x 247 (4th Cir. 2013).
Mountaineer Coal Dev. v. Larry Dingess, 538 F. App'x 367 (4th Cir. 2013).
Westmoreland Coal Co., Inc v. DOWCP, 548 F. App'x 840 (4th Cir. 2013). “See 20 C.F.R. 718.201(a)(2); Harman Mining Co.”
Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. Erma Owens (4th Cir. 2014).
Paramont Coal Co. of Virginia, LCC v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 565 F. App'x 166 (4th Cir. 2014).
Antelope Coal Co. v. Goddard, 580 F. App'x 665 (10th Cir. 2014).
Bud Davis Trucking v. Dir. OWCP United States De, 603 F. App'x 104 (3rd Cir. 2015).
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Carles Dykes, 611 F. App'x 119 (4th Cir. 2015).
Padagomas Ex Rel. Padagomas v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 625 F. App'x 141 (3rd Cir. 2015).
Scott v. Mason Coal Co. (4th Cir. 2002).
Daniels Co., Inc v. Mitchell (4th Cir. 2007).
Eastover Mining Co v. Williams (6th Cir. 2003).
Shannon v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 199 F. App'x 469 (6th Cir. 2006).
Curtis v. Peabody Coal Co., 248 F. App'x 621 (6th Cir. 2007).
Manning Coal Corp. v. Wright, 257 F. App'x 836 (6th Cir. 2007).
Arch of Kentucky, Inc. v. Fred Hatfield (6th Cir. 2009).
Roberts & Schaefer v. OWCP (7th Cir. 2005).
Consol. Coal Co v. OWCP (7th Cir. 2008).
Soubik v. Dir. OWCP (3rd Cir. 2004).
Florence Mining Co. v. Dir., OWCP, United States Dep't of Labor, 188 F. App'x 105 (3rd Cir. 2006).
Myers v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 20 F. App'x 301 (6th Cir. 2001).
Sunday v. Martiki Coal Co., 29 F. App'x 260 (6th Cir. 2002).
Simpson v. Nat'l Mines Corp., 52 F. App'x 775 (6th Cir. 2002).
John Cleary v. United States Steel Corp.: Off. of Workers Comp. Prog., 881 F.2d 1069 (4th Cir. 1989).
Clarence O. Carroll v. Westmoreland Coal Co., Inc. Dir., Off. of Workers Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor, 900 F.2d 250 (4th Cir. 1990).
Utah Power & Light Co. v. Dir., Off. Of Workers' Comp. Programs, 13 F.3d 408 (10th Cir. 1993).
Paravecchio v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, U.S. Dept. of Labor, 43 F.3d 1483 (10th Cir. 1994).
Filer v. Consolidation Coal (4th Cir. 1996).
Badger Coal Co. v. DOWCP (4th Cir. 1996).
Robertson v. Ro-Fer Assoc (4th Cir. 1996).
Wyatt v. Consolidation Coal (4th Cir. 1997).
Dominion Coal Corp v. Vance (4th Cir. 1997).
Brooks v. W. P. Coal Co. (4th Cir. 1997).
Sewell Coal Co. v. Bragg (4th Cir. 1997).
McNew v. Robinson Phillips (4th Cir. 1998).
Crites v. Consolidation Coal (4th Cir. 1999).
Consolidation Coal v. McGinnis (4th Cir. 1999).
Westmoreland Coal Co v. Russell (4th Cir. 2000).
Stiltner v. Island Creek Coal Co (4th Cir. 1996).
Milburn Colliery Co v. Hicks (4th Cir. 1998).
Keating v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs (3rd Cir. 1995).
Plesh v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs (3rd Cir. 1995).
LaBelle Processing Co. v. Swarrow (3rd Cir. 1995).
— 20 C.F.R. § 718.201(a)(1) — 3 cases
Helvetia Coal Co. v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 677 F. App'x 790 (3rd Cir. 2017). “, the conditions characterized by permanent deposition of substantial amounts of particulate matter in the lungs and the fíbrotic reaction of the lung tissue to that deposition caused by dust exposure in coal mine employment,” 20 C.F.R, § 718.201(a)(1); and (2) legal…”
Felton v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 339 F. App'x 187 (3rd Cir. 2009). “See 20 C.F.R §§ 718.201(a)(1) and 718.201(a)(2).”
Felton v. Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, 339 F. App'x 187 (3rd Cir. 2009). “See 20 C.F.R §§ 718.201(a)(1) and 718.201(a)(2).”
— 20 C.F.R. § 718.201(a)(2) — 3 cases
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Robert Hill (6th Cir. 2018). “” 20 C.F.R. 718.201(a)(2). “To establish entitlement to benefits, the claimant must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that (1) he has pneumoconiosis; (2) his pneumoconiosis arose at least in part out of his coal mine employment; (3) he is totally disabled; and (4) the…”
James Goodwin, John Ingram, Raymond Lovejoy, Jeffrey Allen, Charles Lilly, & Raymond Muncy v. 3M Co., Am. Optical Corp., Cabot CSC Corp., Cabot Corp., Aearo Tech., LLC, Aearo, LLC, Mine Saf. Appliances Co., LLC, E. States Mine Supply Co., Raleigh Mine & Indus. Supply, & United Cent. Indus. Supply, LLC (2024). “” See 20 C.F.R § 718.201(a)(2) (2014). 6 Jeffrey Allen Jeffrey Allen began working in underground coal mines in 1975 and continued such work for over forty-five years.”
Westmoreland Coal Co., Inc v. DOWCP, 548 F. App'x 840 (4th Cir. 2013). “See 20 C.F.R. 718.201(a)(2); Harman Mining Co.”
— 20 C.F.R. § 718.201(c) — 2 cases
Island Creek Coal Co. v. Melyndia Bryan, 937 F.3d 738 (6th Cir. 2019). “Page 23 operator to prove that the miner had neither clinical pneumoconiosis (diseases that the medical community recognizes as pneumoconiosis, 20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a)(1)) nor legal pneumoconiosis (a broader category of lung impairments that are significantly related to, or…”
Wilgar Land Co. v. OWCP, 85 F.4th 828 (6th Cir. 2023). “20 C.F.R. § 718.201 (a). The regulation defined the word “pneumoconiosis” to include both “medical, or ‘clinical’, pneumoconiosis and statutory, or ‘legal’, pneumoconiosis.”
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