Legal Opinion
George Mefford v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 17, 1967No. 16692_1PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare appealed from a judgment of the District Court reversing the holding of the Secretary which was based on the decision of the Hearing Examiner that appellee Mefford was not totally and permanently disabled.
Appellee is a man 55 years old, who is extremely obese, weighing 350 pounds. He never got beyond the second grade in school. His only labor during his entire lifetime was working in the coal mines.
There were three different hearings in this case before a Hearing Examiner. The first hearing (with which we are not…
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