Lane Hollow Coal Co. v. Director

OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

Lane Hollow Coal Company and its insurer petition for review of. an order of the Department of Labor’s Benefits Review Board (BRB) in a ease arising under the Black Lung Benefits Act (the Act). 1 This order affirmed the decision of an administrative law judge (AL J), who had awarded black lung and survivor’s benefits to Pauline Lock-hart, the widow of former coal miner Woodrow Lockhart, and had directed that liability for these benefits should rest upon Lane Hollow as the “responsible operator.” 2 In this appeal Lane Hollow challenges both of these…