Legal Opinion
Lillian THOMAS, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1989No. 88-2171PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Lillian Thomas appeals from the judgment of the District Court affirming the decision of the Secretary denying her claim for disability benefits. Because the denial of benefits was not supported by substantial evidence, we reverse.
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At the time of this appeal, Lillian Thomas was a thirty-nine year-old black woman with a tenth-grade education. She lived with her two teen-age sons in a two-bedroom HUD-supported apartment. The family survived on food stamps, AFDC, and an occasional $50.00 a month in child support. Thomas is married, but her husband abandoned the family more…
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