Thursday, December 22, 2011

Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Miners

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state is violating the constitutional rights of coal miners suffering from black lung disease by setting up an arduous system of medical screenings to qualify for worker's compensation. A divided high court concluded that a state law requiring miners to undergo tests that workers in other occupations aren't subjected to runs afoul of the constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law.