Consolidation Coal Company
7 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2000–2018)
6 trusted published court opinions across 6 distinct cases
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Consolidation Coal Company as an employer in 7 distinct federal employment cases between 2000 and 2018.
Of the 6 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 2 ended in a ruling for the worker, 2 were sent back to a lower court, 1 ended in a ruling for the employer, and 1 had a mixed result.
The most common claims on record were Failure To Accommodate, Breach Of Contract, and Workers Compensation.
These figures summarize publicly available U.S. federal court records only. Most workplace disputes are resolved privately and never appear in litigation. A case outcome reflects many factors and is not a finding that any employer violated the law.
Written decisions across 6 distinct cases.
About this employer
Consolidation Coal Company appears in 6 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Consolidation Coal Co. v. Spadaro (2007) — Defendant Win. This case involved Benny Spadaro, a coal miner who developed black lung disease from years of breathing coal dust while working for Consolidation Coal Company. Black lung disease is a serious condition that damages miners' lungs and makes breathing difficult. Read the ruling.
Consolidation Coal Company v. Billy D. Williams Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor (2006) — Plaintiff Win. Billy D. Williams, a coal miner, developed black lung disease (coal worker's pneumoconiosis) from years of breathing coal dust while working for Consolidation Coal Company. Williams applied for federal black lung benefits under the Federal Coal Mine Health & Safety Act. Read the ruling.
Charles R. Kerns v. Consolidation Coal Company Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor (2001) — Plaintiff Win. Charles Kerns, a coal miner, filed a dispute with the Department of Labor seeking benefits he believed he was owed under the Black Lung Benefits Act, a federal program that compensates miners for serious lung diseases caused by coal dust. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Failure to Accommodate, Breach of Contract, Workers’ Compensation. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Failure to Accommodate, Breach of Contract and Workers’ Compensation.
These published opinions sit within the manufacturing sector, where OSHA whistleblower, FMLA, and disability-accommodation claims are most common.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
6 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
What do these stages mean?
- Appeal
- A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.
Published federal-court opinions only — most workplace disputes are resolved privately. This is not anyone’s odds, and not a finding that any employer violated the law.
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Claim Types
What these numbers mean
A case is one lawsuit, identified by its court and docket number. The docket is the running court record for that same case — it is not an extra case.
A published opinion or ruling is a written court decision. One case can produce several opinions, so opinion counts and case counts answer different questions. Only trusted, reportable opinions are used in the outcome statistics on this page.
Docket entries are the individual filings inside a case — motions, orders, scheduling notices. We read them to confirm a case is real and to see where it got to, but an entry is never counted as a case or as an outcome. A single case can generate hundreds of entries.
Far fewer opinions than cases is normal. Many employment cases settle privately or close without a published opinion. No opinion here does not mean the worker lost; it means this public record does not show a reportable result.
Everything on this page comes from public federal court records. Where we are not confident a record is accurate, we leave it out rather than guess.
Federal court cases
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Data sourced from public federal court records via CourtListener.com. Case outcomes extracted using AI analysis. This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The presence of an employer on this page does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.