Legal Opinion
Freeman United Coal Mining Company v. Office of Workers' Compensation Program and Fairy Dell Jones, Widow of Donald L. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 15, 1993No. 92-1992PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
Freeman United Coal Mining Company (“Freeman”) petitions for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board of the Department of Labor. The Board affirmed the decision of an administrative law judge (“AU”) awarding respondent Donald L. Jones benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act (“Act”), 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-945. For the reasons stated below, we deny Freeman’s petition for review.
I. BACKGROUND
The travails of this case through the Department of Labor and the court of appeals from 1978 through 1989 are presented at length in Freeman United Coal Mining Co. v. Benefits Review Board, 879 F.2d…
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