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This week, we take a look at a decision addressing the proper reading of “because” in federal discrimination statutes, and another addressing a California law precluding insurers from...

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We know about because of pulitzer prize reporting. chris revealed that had coal mining companies and their lawyers have systemically hidden evidence of disease in order to deny miners like steve the roughly 1,000 bucks a month that would help them live and treat their black lung. steves story is one agreed by the lawyers and doctors, but its also about power. coal companies with their money, political contributions and lawyers have all the power. the miners who work deep underground breathing in...

To eradicate black lung. it requires that miners be able to work the entire period of their working life without suffering, quote, material impairment of health or functional capacity. and in fact the mine act did make a huge difference. for a time anyway. but after the upper big branch mine disaster four years ago, autopsies on the miners who perished revealed what was not supposed to exist. 70% of the miners including some as young as in their 30s have a deadly and easily preventible disease. ...

Issued. you know, what we found is -- and we dont know why, but an imminent danger order was issued on 12/14/09. it wasnt terminated until february 2nd. we cant get details from them, im sure, right now. theyre busy doing the rescue. the press people are overwhelmed. but something was going terribly wrong with this mine. there were withdraw orders because of the ventilation problems. they had to take miners out of the mine or out of sections to fix the problems. there is no doubt that ventilatio...

>> what are the implications based on that news this afternoon about the citation three months ago about the wrong-way air flow at the vents near the escape routes? >> thats incredibly serious. i mean, first of all, theres going to be probably charges brought against that foreman or supervisor who claimed he knew about that for three weeks. they can do that under section 1-10-c of the mine act. its personal responsibility. there certainly could be criminal charges filed. its a flagrant violation...

Imminent danger orders were issued. you know, what we found is -- and we dont know why, but an imminent danger order was issued on 12/14/09. it wasnt terminated until february 2nd. we cant get details from them, im sure, right now. theyre busy doing the rescue. the press people are overwhelmed. but something was going terribly wrong with this mine. there were withdraw orders because of the ventilation problems. they had to take minors out of the mine or out of sections to fix the problems. there...

Three months ago about the wrong-way air flow at the vents near the escape routes? >> thats incredibly serious. i mean, first of all, theres going to be probably charges brought against that fore manor supervisor who claimed he knew about that for three weeks. they can do that under section 1-10-c of the mine act. its responsibility. there certainly could be criminal charges filed. its a flagrant violation. its high negligence. its reckless disregard. they knew it. that air in that escapeway sho...

Imminent danger order was issued on 12/14/09. it wasnt terminated until february 2nd. we cant get details from them, im sure, right now. theyre busy doing the rescue. the press people are overwhelmed. but something was going terribly wrong with this mine. there were withdraw orders because of the ventilation problems. they had to take minors out of the mine or out of sections to fix the problems. there is no doubt that ventilation problems were plaguing this mine. >> that raises the simple quest...

>> what are the implications based on that news this afternoon about the citation three months ago about the wrong-way air flow at the vents near the escape routes? >> thats incredibly serious. i mean, first of all, theres going to be probably charges brought against that fore manor supervisor who claimed he knew about that for three weeks. they can do that under section 1-10-c of the mine act. its personal responsibility. there certainly could be criminal charges filed. its a flagrant violation...