Supreme Court Urges Black Lung Change

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Less than 300 coal miners have received workers' compensation since 2002. Each year nearly 400 coal miners die from black lung disease. The Kentucky Supreme Court says legislators need to amend a state law that violates the rights of coal miners, specifically miners suffering from black lung disease. Supreme Court Justice Will T. Scott says it's much more difficult for a coal miner to get compensation for pneumoconiosis than it is for any other members of the same class. Coal miners have to see a panel of three doctors to prove they have black lung, and the Supreme Court says unconstitutional procedures dating back to 1996 need to be changed.