Legal Opinion
McKee v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 1990No. 89-8328PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the novel question of whether 20 C.F.R. § 404.720(c) (1988) permits the consideration of circumstantial evidence in determining whether a person is dead for the purpose of social security benefits for his dependents.
FACTS
The appellant married Richard Garrett McKee on February 14, 1981. They had a fourteen-month-old child and another child on the way when Mr. McKee disappeared. At the time of his disappearance, he lived with the appellant and was employed as an independent contractor who performed carpentry work. He had no arrests, and the family had…
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