United States Tenth Circuit

In a petition for review of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs' decision that petitioner was not entitled to benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, the petition is granted where the Administrative Law Judge failed to provide a sufficient scientific explanation of his decision denying benefits.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2010
• Published 04/08/2010

Judges

• HENRY, Chief Judge., Before HENRY, Chief Judge, O'BRIEN, Circuit Judge, and EAGAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas E. Johnson (Anne Megan Davis, with him on the briefs), Johnson, Jones, Snelling, Gilbert & Davis, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant., Laura Metcoff Klaus (Mark E. Solomons with her on the brief), Greenberg Traurig LLP, Washington, D.C., for the Intervenors.