Antelope Coal Co. v. Goddard

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

BOBBY R. BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

In this case under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-945, Antelope Coal Company petitions for review of awards -of miner’s benefits to Benjamin F. Goddard and survivor’s benefits to his widow Sandra J. Goddard. The Director of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Program elected not to file a brief in this appeal. Exercising jurisdiction under 33 U.S.C. § 921(c), as incorporated by 30 U.S.C. § 932(a), we deny the petition for review.

Background

I. Introduction

Mr. Goddard was born in 1933. He worked as a warehouse technician at a…