Legal Opinion
Benjamin H. Poe v. Patricia Harris, Secretary, Health, Education & Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1981No. 80-1398PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin Poe is a forty-four-year-old, four-year Navy veteran with a seventh grade education. He has worked as a plumber, mechanic, heating and air conditioning installer, and truck driver. His nonverbal I.Q. is 75. In May, 1972, while working as a plumber, Poe fell from a ladder and injured his back and side. He missed one week of work and returned to his job. He fell a second time in October, 1974, and again injured his back. He has not returned to work since that time. He applied for and was granted Social Security disability benefits on May 27,1975, the benefits to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Walter E. Parker v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Minnie Gold v. The Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Vernon Brinker v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Percy Johnson v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health and Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Cornelius Dressel v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Andrew BASINGER, Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Wyatt Q. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Lackey v. North Carolina Department of Human ResourcesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
- Virge Tucker, Jr. v. Richard Schweiker, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Odessa Jackson v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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