Cases — October 20th through 26th, 2019

Workers’ Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease

*Energy West Mining Company v. Director, OWCP (10th Cir., October 23, 2019) (dismissing Energy West’s petition for review of the Review Board’s decision ordering an award of black lung benefits: the Board’s decision was not a final order, and so the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction)

*Putnam v. Commissioner (10th Cir., October 22, 2019) (affirming denial of Social Security benefits: the ALJ’s decision that Putnam was not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act was supported by substantial evidence)

*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.