Legal Opinion
Navistar, Inc. v. Terry Forester
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 12, 2014No. 13-3994PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICE, District Judge.
At issue in this case is whether work as a federal mine inspector is qualifying coal mine employment under the Black Lung Benefits Act (“BLBA”), 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-944, as amended by § 1556 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub.L. No. 111-148, § 1556, 124 Stat. 119, 260 (2010). This is a matter of first impression in the Sixth Circuit.
Respondent-Claimant Terry Forester was awarded BLBA benefits after the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) determined that Forester’s five years of private coal mine employment with Petitioner Navistar’s predecessor,…
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