The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear an appeal fromrnPeabody Coal Co in response to a benefits claim from a coal miner’srnwidow is unlikely to lead to a wave of similar black lung claims,rnaccording to one of the attorneys who represented the widow.rnThe specific issue on which Peabody Coal, a subsidiary of PatriotrnCoal Corp., asked the Supreme Court to rule was very narrow, saidrnEvan Smith, an attorney for Eva Elizabeth Hill, whose husband wasrnawarded federal black lung benefits in 1987 after 41 years of workrnin coal mines. “I don’t think it’s going to have a very large impact,”rnsaid Smith, who is a staff attorney for the Appalachian Citizens’ LawrnCenter, or ACLC.
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机译：根据代表寡妇的一位律师的说法，美国最高法院决定不听取皮博迪煤炭公司（Peabody Coal Co）对一名煤矿工人的遗wi的索赔要求的上诉，这不太可能导致一波类似的黑肺索赔。爱国者伊丽莎白·希尔（Eva Elizabeth Hill）的律师埃文·史密斯（Evan Smith）说，爱国者煤炭公司（PatriotrnCoal Corp.）的子公司皮博迪（Peabody Coal）要求最高法院裁定的一个具体问题非常狭窄，他的丈夫在煤矿工作了41年后于1987年被剥夺联邦黑肺福利。 。史密斯说：“我认为这不会产生很大的影响。”史密斯说，他是阿巴拉契亚公民法律中心（ACLC）的职员律师。
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