FREDERICK v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION

No. 85-7753.

808 F.2d 813 (1987)

Elaine FREDERICK, widow of Walter Frederick, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph E. Coleman, Birmingham, Ala., for petitioner-appellant.

Barbara E. Kahl, J. Michael O'Neill, Michael Denney, Office of Sol., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

Before HILL and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and THOMAS, Senior District Judge.


DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, Senior District Judge:

This is an appeal by a coal miner's widow following a reversal by the Benefits Review Board of an Administrative Law Judge's award of benefits to the widow.

The case arose upon the filing of an application for benefits under Part B of the Black Lung Benefits Act, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 901, et seq. (the "Act") by Walter Frederick (the "miner") on March 26, 1973. The claim was administratively denied by the...

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