Coughlan v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Charles Coughlan and John Peter Sertich, two former coal miners, seek review of decisions by the Department of Labor’s Benefits Review Board (BRB) affirming denials of their claims for disability benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-45 (1982) (the Act). The BRB concluded that the denial determinations, which had been issued by an administrative law judge (AU) after hearings on the claims, were supported by substantial evidence and contained no prejudicial errors of law. For reversal, Coughlan and Sertich contend that the administrative…