Legal Opinion
Vera D. SEWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 30, 1986No. 85-8546PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
Sewell appeals from the district court’s judgment affirming the determination of the Secretary that she is not entitled to social security disability benefits because she is able to do her past relevant work. Because the Secretary failed to consider claimant’s subjective testimony of pain as required by the applicable law, we reverse.
Sewell is a 60 year-old woman who lost her left arm at the age of four. She attended public school through the ninth grade and later obtained a G.E.D. certificate. Her only employer has been Homestead Draperies. During her 15 years at…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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- Frances B. Walden v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services for the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- John B. WHEELER, SS# 256-28-0083, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Lawrence LANDRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, as Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by88 opinions
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- Ted Martin v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- James F. LAMB, A/N 252-48-2311, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Thomas JACKSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Eddie BRIDGES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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