Legal Opinion
Amos P. Collins v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1967No. 16752PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an unhappy case. Plaintiff-appellant is now a 56-year-old ex-coal miner who worked in the mines for 33 years and now suffers from silicosis as a result. At the first hearing on this petition, he gave his height as 6 feet 2 inches, and weight as 185 pounds.
On denial of his claim for Social Security benefits for complete and total disability by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Judge Mac Swinford reversed and remanded for taking of further testimony as to what jobs appellant actually could do. An additional hearing has been held and again the Secretary has denied…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- William T. Miracle v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Carl Massey v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare,defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Sam May v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
3Cited by5 opinions
- Hamblin v. WeinbergerDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1974
- Johns v. CelebrezzeDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1967
- Godsey v. WeinbergerDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1973
- George Mefford v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- George Mefford v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967