Kentucky Commission OKs Hearings on Black Lung, Other W/Comp Issues

FRANKFORT -- The Kentucky Legislative Research Commission has approved holding a series of public hearings throughout the state on black lung disease as well as on a host of other workers' comp issues.The triggering event for the hearings was a series of newspaper articles that focused on black lung disease and raised a number of questions regarding whether or not the coal companies faked mine-dust tests.While Representative Greg Stumbo, a workers' comp lawyer, is leading the charge for statewid