Legal Opinion
Cross Mountain Coal, Inc. v. Alvin Ward Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1996No. 95-3846PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONTIE, Circuit Judge.
Employer Cross Mountain Coal Company, Inc., petitions for review of a decision and order of the Benefits Review Board (“BRB”) affirming the decision and order of the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) and the ALJ’s order denying employer’s motion for reconsideration. The ALJ awarded black lung benefits to claimant Alvin Ward under the Black Lung Benefits Act (the “Act”), 30 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. On appeal, the issues are (1) whether the ALJ applied an erroneous legal standard in interpreting the causation requirement under 20 C.F.R. § 718.204(c), and (2) whether the ALJ…
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