United States Sixth Circuit

In awarding benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) erred in attributing greater weight to the opinion of a physician simply because he saw claimant more frequently than other physicians, but the court defers to the ALJ's assessment of the physicians' credibility.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/30/2002
• Published 08/30/2002

Judges

• Before:  MOORE and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  ROSEN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Laura Metcoff Klaus (briefed), Mark E. Solomons (argued and briefed), Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christian P. Barber (briefed), Barry H. Joyner (argued and briefed), U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, Sidney B. Douglass (argued and briefed), Harlan, KY, for Respondents.