Smoking Habit Can't Nix Retired Miner's Black Lung Benefits

By Lauraann Wood · June 11, 2024, 8:13 PM EDT

The Seventh Circuit on Monday backed a review board's decision to uphold black lung benefits for a retired coal worker who smoked cigarettes through his entire career in the mines, saying...

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Case Information

Case Title

Safeco Insurance/Liberty Mutual Surety v. OWCP

Case Number

23-1083

Court

Appellate - 7th Circuit

Nature of Suit

agency 

Date Filed

January 11, 2023