Legal Opinion
Donald P. DeFRANCESCO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 8, 1989No. 88-1810PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The district court upheld the Social Security Administration’s denial of Donald DeFrancesco’s claim for disability benefits. 679 F.Supp. 785 (N.D.Ill.1988). The appeal requires us to decide whether the administrative law judge was justified in finding that DeFrancesco is not totally disabled.
In 1986, when the disability hearing was held, DeFrancesco (who has a high school education) was 50 years old, 6 feet tall, and 200 pounds in weight. He had been a truck driver until quitting work in 1984. In 1970 and 1974 he had suffered heart attacks caused by coronary artery…
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