Legal Opinion
Lidy v. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1990No. 90-1158PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
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The plaintiff, Nelley Lidy, Jr., appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment upholding the denial by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of Lidy’s application for disability insurance benefits. The factual issue regarding Lidy’s entitlement to benefits is whether he suffers disabling pain. On this point, the following witnesses testified: Lidy, his wife, Dr. Berg, Dr. Morgan, and Dr. Finney. The reports of Dr. Finney, to whom Lidy’s worker’s compensation insurer referred him, formed the basis of the administrative law judge’s (AU’s) finding of…
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- Zolio Fermin Figueroa v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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