Young v. United States Department of Labor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SHANNON YOUNG and KEVIN YOUNG, Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 17-02428 (JDB) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Shannon and Kevin Young, sons of a former Department of Energy (“DOE”) contract employee, seek to set aside a Department of Labor (“DOL”) decision denying them benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (“EEOICPA”),

42 U.S.C. § 7384

et seq. DOL denied plaintiffs’ claims after finding a less-than-even chance that their…