MadeFromDust
10-23-2014, 01:06 AM
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrishamby/how-a-coal-miners-autopsy-proved-a-top-doctor-wrong
Excerpt:
Mr. Day’s history and findings are so characteristic that I am confident that Mr. Day has lung disease related to his coal mining,” Parker wrote in his report. “I am so confident, that I am indeed certain a biopsy or an autopsy, if performed, would confirm my diagnosis.”
Wheeler, by contrast, had been asked during a deposition in 2009 whether the spots he saw were black lung. “They’re not,” he testified (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1309446-wheeler-deposition-in-steve-day-case.html).
Isn't it time these coal companies are forced to pay out well-earned benefits to those families? All those 40 years of cases that "Doctor" Wheeler oversaw ought to be re-opened and reviewed by an independent OSHA doctor.
Excerpt:
Mr. Day’s history and findings are so characteristic that I am confident that Mr. Day has lung disease related to his coal mining,” Parker wrote in his report. “I am so confident, that I am indeed certain a biopsy or an autopsy, if performed, would confirm my diagnosis.”
Wheeler, by contrast, had been asked during a deposition in 2009 whether the spots he saw were black lung. “They’re not,” he testified (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1309446-wheeler-deposition-in-steve-day-case.html).
Isn't it time these coal companies are forced to pay out well-earned benefits to those families? All those 40 years of cases that "Doctor" Wheeler oversaw ought to be re-opened and reviewed by an independent OSHA doctor.