Legal Opinion
Amax Coal Company v. James L. Franklin and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 24, 1992No. 90-2095PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A coal company appeals from an order directing it to pay disability benefits to a miner, James Franklin, under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq. Franklin’s claim had at first been turned down by the agency and he had not pursued his administrative remedies; but within a year he requested that the proceeding be reopened, and eventually his request was granted and benefits awarded. The coal company challenges both the propriety of reopening the claim and the miner’s substantive entitlement to benefits. As so often in black lung cases, the processing of…
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