ABERRY COAL, INC. v. FLEMING

No. 15-3999.

847 F.3d 310 (2017)

ABERRY COAL, INCORPORATED; Arrowpoint Capital Inc., c/o Underwriters Safety & Claims, Petitioners, v. Joseph FLEMING; Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor. Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Randolph Sigmond , Nathaniel Dale Moore , Penn Stuart , Bristol, TN, for Petitioners.

Joseph E. Wolfe , Wolfe, Williams, Rutherford & Reynolds, Norton, VA, Evan Barret Smith , Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, Whitesburg, KY, for Respondent JOSEPH FLEMING.

Barry H. Joyner , Helen H. Cox , Gary K. Stearman , U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Rebecca Jayne Fiebig , U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Division of Black Lung & Longshore Legal Services, Rita Ann Roppolo , U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, MacKenzie Fillow , City of New York Law Department — Appeals, New York, NY, for Respondent DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS.

COUNSEL ON BRIEF: John R. Sigmond , Nathaniel Dale Moore , PENN, STUART & ESKRIDGE, Bristol, Virginia, for Petitioners. Joseph Wolfe , WOLFE WILLIAMS & REYNOLDS, Norton, Virginia, for Respondent Fleming.

Before: BATCHELDER and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges; and LEVY, District Judge.


AMENDED OPINION

Under the Black Lung Benefits Act ("BLBA"), an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") must determine, using a reasonable method of calculation and based on substantial evidence, how long a coal worker was employed in coal-mine work. If the length of employment was more than fifteen years, the worker...

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