United States Fourth Circuit
Collins v. Pond Creek Mining Company, 13-1702
The decision of the Benefits Review Board (BRB) affirming the denial of survivor's benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) is reversed and remanded for an award of benefits, where: 1) the ALJ's decision misapplied case law and was not supported by substantial evidence; and 2) sufficient evidence demonstrates that petitioner's husband's pneumoconiosis hastened his death.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/01/2014
- Published 05/01/2014
Judges
- WILKINSON
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit