Legal Opinion

William Edward Goodermote v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided September 1, 1982No. 82-1394PublishedCited by 755 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

The claimant, William Goodermote, is a 52 year-old man with a 10th grade education. He has worked in the past as a cab driver, furniture mover, factory laborer, and operations manager of a security guard business. He applied for Social Security disability benefits based upon claims of various impairments. After a hearing, an administrative law judge denied the claim on the ground that Goodermote was not “disabled” within the meaning of the relevant statute, 42 U.S.C. § 423(d). Goodermote exhausted internal appeals within the Social Security Administration (SSA), the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rafael A. Vazquez v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
  2. Waldemar P. Sherwin v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
  3. Willie E. Lofton v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Felix Torres v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982

3Cited by755 opinions

  1. William W. STONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  2. Mills v. Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  3. Victor M. ORTIZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  4. Leahy v. Raytheon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
  5. Elaine GRAY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985

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