Legal Opinion
MacQuarrie v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 18, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-4437-YPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
The plaintiff Dennis MacQuarrie (“MacQuarrie”) brought this action to obtain judicial review of a final decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the “Secretary”) reducing MacQuarrie’s disability insurance benefits as a result of his receipt of a lump sum worker’s compensation settlement. The Secretary found that $13,500 of the $25,000 lump sum settlement was subject to the offset provisions of the Social Security Act. MacQuarrie alleges that this decision is “not in accordance with law.”
Prior to August, 1981, MacQuarrie worked as a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Richardson v. BelcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Ferriter v. Daniel O'Connell's Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- James R. Worley v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Carnevali v. HecklerDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1985
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Meredith v. ApfelDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1999
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