Legal Opinion
Freeman United Coal Mining Company v. Office of Workers' Compensation Program
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 29, 1994No. 93-1089PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Freeman United Coal Mining Company (“Freeman”) petitions this court for review of a final decision of the United States Department of Labor Review Board (the Board), which affirmed an award of disability benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act (the Act), 30 U.S.C. § 901, et seq. For the following reasons, we deny the petition and affirm the award.
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The claimant in this case, Robert Forsythe (“Forsythe”), worked in a variety of coal mining jobs at Freeman for 30 years. During his last 20 years, Forsythe worked as a slope belt operator. This was an above-ground,…
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