Legal Opinion

Duane SWITZER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 24, 1984No. 82-2903PublishedCited by 85 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Duane Switzer appeals from the district court’s affirmance of a decision by the Social Security Administration to terminate his social security disability benefits. We reverse.

Plaintiff suffers from lung abscesses and bronchitis and has been diagnosed as having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He applied for disability insurance benefits on May 28,1974, and was awarded benefits as of December 1973. The Social Security Administration terminated plaintiff’s benefits effective November 1975 as a result of a continuing disability investigation. In December…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Geraldine Whitney v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  3. Irene GARFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  4. Robert K. Allen v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
  5. Mary Joyce ZBLEWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by85 opinions

  1. Hamlin v. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
  2. John M. ZALEWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  3. Rita Robinson v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of the Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
  4. Hardman v. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
  5. Loza v. ApfelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000

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