Eighty Four Mining Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

OPINION

VANASKIE, Circuit Judge.

Eighty Four Mining Company petitions this Court to review the United States Department of Labor Benefits Review Board’s decision affirming an award of disability benefits to Charles Morris under the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-944. At issue is whether a state workers’ compensation board’s denial of pneumoconiosis benefits due to the repudiation of the claimant’s black lung diagnosis resets the BLBA three-year statute of limitations period. Eighty Four Mining argues that it does not and that the Administrative Law Judge and the Benefits…