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HON v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAMS

No. 82-1356.

699 F.2d 441 (1983)

Glen HON, Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.K. Westmoreland, Fort Smith, Ark., for petitioner.

T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., Sol. of Labor, Donald S. Shire, Associate Sol., Richard B. Fellows, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

Before HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Glen Hon worked in coal mines in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. His last coal mining job ended in 1951. In 1973 he filed a claim for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq., asserting that he was totally disabled from pneumoconiosis, or black lung. After a hearing, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) denied his claim. The Benefits Review Board (BRB) affirmed. Mr. Hon has petitioned...

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