Legal Opinion
Ashland Compton v. Inland Steel Coal Company and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 1991No. 89-2943PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
For more than thirty years, Ashland Compton, the claimant in this case, worked in the southern Illinois coal mines near Carbondale. He spent seventeen of his coal-mining years underground. Now he works no longer; he has heart disease and black lung disease (“pneumoconiosis”) and, according to his doctor, can barely climb a flight of stairs, let alone descend into a coal mine to perform hard labor. For health reasons, Compton stopped working and finally left his job at Inland Steel Coal Company (“Inland Steel”) in May of 1985, after having been on sick leave for a year.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jesse Adams v. Director, OwcpCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Carl Shelton v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Arthur Bonessa v. United States Steel Corp., and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, Party in InterestCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Mike Mangus v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor and Price River Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Robert Hawkins v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, and Freeman United Coal Mining CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Amax Coal Company v. Ruby Beasley, Widow of Robert v. Beasley, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Freeman United Coal Mining Co. v. Herman E. SummersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- Lois Blakley, Widow of Morris Blakley v. Amax Coal Company, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Consolidation Coal Company v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, and James E. SteinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Rita J. Mitchell v. Office of Workers Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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