ARNOLD v. PEABODY COAL CO.

No. 94-1250.

41 F.3d 1203 (1994)

Grester ARNOLD, Petitioner, v. PEABODY COAL COMPANY, Old Republic Insurance Company and Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond T. Reott, Robert L. Denby (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Grester Arnold.

W.C. Blanton (argued), Terri A. Czajka, Ice, Miller, Donadio & Ryan, Indianapolis, IN, for Peabody Coal Co., Old Republic Ins. Co.

John H. Secaras, Sol. Gen., Dept. of Labor, Chicago, IL, Louis W. Rogers, Dept. of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Program, Washington, DC, Jeffrey S. Goldberg (argued), Christian P. Barber, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of the Sol., Washington, DC, for Director Office of Workers Compensation Programs.

Lisa L. Lahrman, Benefits Review Bd., Executive Counsel, Clerk of the Bd., Washington, DC, Donald S. Shire, Sol. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Office of the Sol., Washington, DC, for Benefits Review Bd.

Before FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and WILL, District Judge.


WILL, District Judge.

Petitioner, Grester Arnold, filed a Request for Modification of a Department of Labor decision denying him black lung benefits under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, 30 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. The Office of Worker's Compensation Programs ("OWCP") denied Arnold's request, and appeals to an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") and the Benefits Review Board ("the Board") affirmed that decision. Arnold now petitions this...

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