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Adams Stone Corporation (ALJ decision, December 5, 1989)

Adams Stone Corporation (FMSHRC KENT 89-102-DM): Supplemental decision set aside for correction

Decision type
ALJ decision
Docket
KENT 89-102-DM
Decided
December 5, 1989
Presiding judge
James A. Broderick
Outcome
Procedural
Precedential status
Interlocutory order, not final
Checked against source
2026-08-16
Official source
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Currency note: this decision dates from 1989
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Interlocutory ALJ order, not Commission precedent
This correction set aside an earlier supplemental decision and required updated back-wage submissions. It did not dispose of the discrimination proceeding or become a final decision under the 40-day rule in 30 U.S.C. § 823(d)(1). It is not Commission precedent. The full text below is from the official FMSHRC release.
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Plain-English summary

The Secretary of Labor brought a discrimination proceeding on behalf of Fred Bartley against Adams Stone Corporation. Judge James A. Broderick said his November 13, 1989 supplemental decision had ordered back wages and other benefits based on a misunderstanding of the Secretary's back-wage statement. He set that supplemental decision aside and ordered the Secretary to submit a corrected statement, followed by a response from Adams Stone. The decision stated that the case was not final until a corrected supplemental decision was issued.

Decision snapshot

  • Cited standard(s): None stated in this correction order
  • Outcome: The November 13 supplemental decision was set aside, and new back-wage submissions were ordered.
  • Key point: The correction order expressly left the discrimination proceeding nonfinal pending a corrected supplemental decision.

Full text (FMSHRC public release)

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Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (F.M.S.H.R.C.) Office of Administrative Law Judges

SECRETARY OF LABOR,
DISCRIMINATION PROCEEDING
ON BEHALF OF
FRED BARTLEY,
Docket No. KENT 89-102-DM
PETITIONER
Jenkins Quarry v.

ADAMS STONE CORPORATION,
RESPONDENT

CORRECTION TO SUPPLEMENTAL DECISION

Appearances: Thomas A. Grooms, Esq., Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, Nashville, Tennessee, for Complainant; David Adams, Esq., Vice-President, Adams Stone Corporation, Pikeville, Kentucky, for Respondent.

Before: Judge Broderick

On November 13, 1989, I issued a Supplemental Decision in this case ordering, inter alia, the payment of back wages and other benefits to Complainant Bartley. The order was based on my misunderstanding the Secretary's Statement of Back Wages dated October 16, 1989, and received by the Commission October 23, 1989.

Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the Supplemental Decision of November 13, 1989, is SET ASIDE.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Secretary submit on or before December 22, 1989, a statement of back wages due Bartley pursuant to my Decision and order issued October 18, 1989.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall reply to the Secretary's statement on or before January 12, 1990. The decision is not final until a corrected supplemental decision is issued following receipt of the above submissions.

James A. Broderick
Administrative Law Judge

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