Peabody Coal Co. & Old Republic Insurance Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, & Woodrow Brinkley’s Empirical Analysis
972 F.2d 880 · 1992
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Mullins Coal Co. of Va. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · Wetherill v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · Peabody Coal Co. & Old Republic Insurance v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · Peabody Coal Co. v. Lowis · Dotson v. Peabody Coal Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he ALJ must consider all relevant medical evidence, cannot substitute his expertise for that of a qualified physician, and absent countervailing clinical evidence of a valid legal basis for doing so, cannot simply disregard the medical conclusions of a qualified physician.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“uncontradicted, objective medical opinions”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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