Legal Opinion
Robertson v. Connors
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 7, 1988No. 87-2136PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:
David M. Robertson appeals from the summary judgment granted by the district court to the Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds. The district court found that substantial evidence supported the Trustees’ ruling that Robertson’s disability did not stem from a mine accident. We reverse.
Robertson was operating a coal shuttle car on the night of July 22, 1980 in a Consolidation Coal Company mine in West Virginia when the car struck a roof bolt. The collision and Robertson’s efforts to avoid serious injury resulted in him becoming…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hawkins Stanton v. Gulf Oil Corporation and Its Benefits CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
- Norman L. Horn v. Julius Mullins John J. O'COnnell Paul R. Dean United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement FundsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Horn v. MullinsDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1980
- Lonnie W. Odom, Sr. v. United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement FundsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Bolling v. BowenDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1988
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Gaynell Boyd v. Trustees of the United Mine Workers Health & Retirement FundsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Richards v. United Mine Workers Of America Health And Retirement FundCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Richards v. United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement FundCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Brogan v. HollandDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1995
- Buzzard v. HollandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2004
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