Ramey v. Kentland Elkhorn Coal Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1985-02-19

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BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge. In both of these cases, petitioners seek reversal of the Benefits Review Board’s (Board) decisions denying them black lung benefits. Rex Ramey worked as a coal miner for forty-two years until 1976. Ross Lewis was also employed as a miner until 1976, having worked twenty-nine years in the coal mines. An administrative law judge (ALJ) found that Ramey was entitled to invoke…

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