· 3/14/1989
Mae Garcia, Widow of Simon A. Garcia v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Citations
- 869 F.2d 1413
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 3000
- 1989 WL 20899
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- concluding that a medical expert's statement that a miner's physical condition was \probably\ unrelated to his pneumoconiosis was too speculative for an ALJ to rely on in denying an award of black lung disability benefits
- similarly describing opinion using word \probably\ as too equivocal to establish element of entitlement
- characterizing the qualifier probably as equivocation
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Judges: Logan, Tacha, Anderson
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