R.J. Jessee v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor Westmoreland Coal Company, Incorporated

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• observing that \the statute and regulations give the deputy commissioner the authority . . . to simply rethink a prior find- ing of fact\
• explaining that the modification provision “displaces res judicata” and the “principle of finality”
• “even if [claimant] had not identified a glaring, specific error, the ALJ had the duty and full authority to review any and all prior findings of fact under the modification procedure”

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