"Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and equal protection in Kentucky – Cain v Lodestar Energy, Gardner v Vision Mining and Martinez v Peabody Coal" by Mel Cousins

Unpublished Paper

Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and equal protection in Kentucky – Cain v Lodestar Energy, Gardner v Vision Mining and Martinez v Peabody Coal

(2010)

Mel Cousins, Glasgow Caledonian University

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Abstract

This note discusses a number of recent decisions of the Kentucky courts concerning coal workers pneumoconiosis and equal protection. The Kentucky Court of Appeals has recently found unconstitutional a special ‘consensus’ procedure by which coal workers affected by pneumoconiosis were required to prove their claim for workers compensation. The case is currently under appeal to the Kentucky Supreme Court.

Keywords

Workers compensation,
pneumoconiosis,
equal protection

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Publication Date

October, 2010

Citation Information

Mel Cousins. "Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and equal protection in Kentucky – Cain v Lodestar Energy, Gardner v Vision Mining and Martinez v Peabody Coal" (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mel_cousins/14/