Collins v. Weinberger’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 federal appellate · 3 district ·

Most-quoted passages

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1. “By way of deposition, Dr. William F. Schmidt, a noted authority in the black lung field, testified that the detection of pneumoconiosis is a difficult procedure and that x-rays and other tests are subject to differing interpretations. He stated that the disease grows very slowly, and furthermore, that it would be logical to assume that recent positive evidence of pneumoconiosis would mean that the miner has had the disease for at least two years. In short, he considers later positive evidence highly relevant to the question of whether the miner had the disease on a prior date. Collins v. Weinberger, supra at 381.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 444 F. Supp. 872 - Petrock v. Califano · Carroll v. Califano