GRIZZLE v. PICKANDS MATHER AND CO.

No. 91-1078.

994 F.2d 1093 (1993)

Nancy GRIZZLE, Widow of Bramble Grizzle, Petitioner, v. PICKANDS MATHER AND COMPANY/CHISOLM MINES; Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon Mandel Williams, Wolfe & Farmer, Norton, VA, argued (Bobby S. Belcher, on brief), for petitioner.

Christian P. Barber, Office of the Sol., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Mark Elliott Solomons, Arter & Hadden, Washington, DC, argued (Marshall J. Breger, Sol. of Labor, Donald S. Shire, Associate Sol. for Black Lung Benefits, Patricia M. Nece, Counsel for Appellate Litigation, Jeffrey S. Goldberg, Office of the Sol., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Laura Metcoff Klaus, Arter & Hadden, Washington, DC, on brief), for respondents.

Before HALL and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and MACKENZIE, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

Nancy Grizzle petitions for review of an order of the Benefits Review Board, which affirmed an administrative law judge's denial of her claim for survivor's benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-945. Because substantial evidence supported the ALJ's decision, we affirm.

I.

Petitioner Nancy Grizzle is the widow of Bramble Grizzle, a coal miner who labored in the mines in various...

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