Legal Opinion
Peabody Coal Company v. Howard T. Lowis and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 1983No. 82-1983PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The Peabody Coal Company and its insurer the Old Republic Insurance Company petition for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board of the United States Department of Labor, awarding benefits for “black lung” disease to Howard Lowis under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, 30 U.S.C. sections 901-945 (1978). We reverse.
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Congress first enacted the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and later passed amendments contained in the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments of 1977 1 in an effort to improve working conditions and safety in the nation’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Claude R. Ansel v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Underhill v. Peabody Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Thomas Kirschner v. Paul Broadhead, James B. Brumfield, and John Robinson, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- National Labor Relations Board v. Cutting, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Milburn Colliery Company v. Guy Hicks Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
- Big Branch Resources, Inc. v. John OgleCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2013
- Frank Wetherill v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Moseley v. Peabody Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Arch Mineral Corporation v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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