Legal Opinion
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Peabody Coal Company and Earl Sisk
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 4, 1988No. 87-1239PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
On June 4, 1974, Earl Sisk filed a claim with the Department of Labor for payment of black lung benefits under Part C of the Black Lung Benefits Act (the “Act”), 30 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. On May 3, 1976, a deputy commissioner, an official within the Department’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, informally denied Sisk’s claim. Sisk requested a hearing on the denial, but before such a hearing was scheduled Congress amended the Act to liberalize the eligibility criteria. 30 U.S.C. § 945. The amendment also established a procedure under which claims denied before…
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