Statutory Amendments Apply Retroactively to Worker's Pneumoconiosis Claim

The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the 2018 amendments to Kentucky Revised Statute Section 342.730(4) applied retroactively to a longtime coal industry employee. Case: Lone Mountain Processing v. Turner, No. 2018-CA-001011-WC, 01/17/2020, published. Facts: Adrian Turner spent some 34 years working in the coal industry. In 1997, he began working for Lone Mountain Processing. His job involved cleaning belt lines, section returns and intakes. He stopped working for Lone Mountain in November 2015. Procedural history: In January 2017, Turner filed an application seeking benefits for coal ...