Legal Opinion
Freeman United Coal Mining Company v. Diana M. Hunter, Benefits Review Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 2, 1996No. 94-3876PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Hunter, Jr., died in 1973 after working for nineteen years as a coal miner. An administrative law judge ordered Freeman United Coal Mining Company to pay black lung benefits to his widow Marjorie Hunter (who died in 1992) and their disabled daughter, Diana Hunter. The Benefits Review Board affirmed the award. Freeman seeks review of the Board’s decision, contending that it presented sufficient evidence to rebut the interim presumptions that Hunter was totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis (commonly known as black lung disease) at the time of his death and that…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Peabody Coal Co. v. ShonkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Lois Blakley, Widow of Morris Blakley v. Amax Coal Company, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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