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· 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

How courts have described this case

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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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