In Dixie Fuel Co. v. Dir., Office of Workers, 820 F.3d 833 (6th Cir. 2016) an administrative law judge concluded that a medical report was not credible because the physician had relied partly on medical articles that did not support the physicians conclusions. 820 F.3d at 845-46. The employer argued that the administrative law judge had improperly played expert by examining the medical articles. Id. at 845. The Sixth Circuit disagreed, explaining that the administrative law judge had merely fulfilled his role as fact-finder by evaluating the credibility of the physicians conclusions. Id.