RAMEY v. DIRECTOR, OWCP

No. 02-1630.

326 F.3d 474 (2003)

Lurlie RAMEY, on behalf of Charles Ramey (deceased); Triple R Coal Company; Old Republic Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Martin Douglas Wegbreit, Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc., Castlewood, Virginia; Mark Elliott Solomons, Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Petitioners. Edward Waldman, for Enforcement, United States Department Of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Laura Metcoff Klaus, Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Petitioners. Eugene Scalia, Solicitor of Labor, Donald S. Shire, Associate Solicitor, Christian P. Barber, for Appellate Litigation, United States Department Of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before GREGORY and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and BEAM, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge SHEDD wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Senior Judge BEAM joined.

OPINION

SHEDD, Circuit Judge:

Charles Ramey entered into a settlement with his former employer, Triple R Coal Company, to resolve his decades-old claim for black lung benefits. This petition for review arises from the decision of the Benefits Review Board invalidating that settlement. We affirm the Board's decision because the Black...

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