Fleetwood Trucking Company, Inc. v. Director, OWCP

Fleetwood Trucking Company appeals the Benefit Review Board’s (BRB) decision affirming an Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) grant of benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act.

i.

James Gary Warren is a former truck driver who spent years hauling coal for various companies in Alabama. He was forced to stop working in 2009 when he was diagnosed with black lung disease. On October 23, 2009, Warren filed with the Department of Labor (DOL) a claim for black lung benefits. As part of that claim, he completed a standard DOL questionnaire that requested information about his employment history. Warren…