linda adams's husband died of black lung five years ago. the diagnosis was never in doubt. t their insurance company is refusing to pay their claim, playing for time before the courts. linda: and he said it's not fair. he told me, he said "no matter what you do, don't give up on blblack lung." but that's why he wanted that done, because he had all this other evidence, and with all ththis other evidence, they're still denying the claim. and then the autopsy report comes back. they said, "their doctor looked at it and this doctor was crazy." this girl's dad up here, this guy that used to live there in this next trailerette, he had black lung. this girl's brother and her father died. her dad was 52 years old when he died, and her grandfather also died from black lung. reporter: miners' families are fighting on multiple fronts, against an incurable disease, and intransigent insurance companies. and now many here feel the government has abandoned them, too. a federal fund that was set up over 40 years s ago to provide benefits for miners suffering from black lung disease has seen

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