Legal Opinion
Anna Goble v. Aztec Mining Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 6, 2012No. 10-4179Unpublished
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE E. SILER, JR., Circuit Judge.
Anna Belle Goble, a Kentucky citizen and widow of a former coal miner, petitions for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board affirming an administrative law judge’s decision denying her application for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-45.
Goble’s husband worked for twenty years as a coal miner, ending in 1985. He unsuccessfully applied for black lung benefits during his lifetime. He died in 2002 at the age of 54, two weeks after undergoing heart surgery. The death certificate listed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company v. Jack Kirk and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- Glen Coal Co. v. SealsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Eastover Mining Co. v. Dorothy S. Williams and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Myrtle Griffith, Widow of Otis Griffith v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- Consolidation Coal Company v. Billy D. Williams Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
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