Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Beatrice Pocahontas Co.’s Empirical Analysis
698 F.2d 680 · 1983
Citation profile
25 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 901 (Black Lung Benefits Act) · 30 U.S.C. § 902 · 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Hicks v. Gardner · Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · 451 F. Supp. 273 - Long v. Califano
Most-quoted passages
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“considered totally disabled when pneumoconiosis prevents him or her from engaging in gainful employment requiring the skills and abilities comparable to those [of his or her former mine employment].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“no language in the regulations requir[es] vocational evidence as a necessary element of rebuttal,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“unable to find the claimant totally disabled from his regular job in the coal mine industry”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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