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MARTIN v. LIGON PREPARATION CO.

No. 03-4646.

400 F.3d 302 (2005)

Edgar MARTIN, Petitioner, v. LIGON PREPARATION COMPANY; Old Republic Insurance Companies; Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 4, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Stephen A. Sanders, Appalachian Citizens Law Center, Prestonburg, Kentucky, for Petitioner. Laura Metcoff Klaus, Mark E. Solomons, Greenberg & Traurig, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.

Before: MOORE and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; WEBER, District Judge.

OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Edgar Martin appeals the decision of the Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board (BRB) that denied him benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-44. The sole issue on appeal is whether the administrative law judge's (ALJ's) analysis of the relative weight to accord the testimony of the three physicians who rendered an opinion in this case is supported by substantial evidence. For the...

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