Big Horn Coal Co. v. Sadler Ex Rel. Sadler

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Big Horn Coal Company petitions this court to review the judgment of the Department of Labor Benefits Review Board ("Board") awarding benefits to Edgar Sadler, a then-living miner, under the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA or "the Act"), 30 U.S.C. §§ 901 - 944 (2016). The BLBA compensates coal miners who become totally disabled from pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, on the job. The BLBA's statute of limitations requires miners to file claims for benefits within three years of receiving a medical determination of total disability due to pneumoconiosis. 30 U.S.C. § 932…