AMAX COAL CO. v. ANDERSON

No. 83-1977.

771 F.2d 1011 (1985)

AMAX COAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Job W. ANDERSON & Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Solomons, Kilcullen, Wilson & Killcullen, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Joan S. Meier, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for respondents.

Before BAUER and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

Amax Coal Company ("Amax") petitions this court for review of a grant of benefits to Job Anderson under the Black Lung Benefits Act ("Act"), Title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-960. Amax's primary contention in support of review is that the Administrative Law Judge and the Benefits Review Board improperly invoked the interim presumption of disability due to pneumoconiosis, see 20 C.F.R...

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