Legal Opinion
Nancy A. COTTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary, Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1993No. 92-6392PublishedCited by 321 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services appeals the district court’s August 11, 1992 Order and Judgment awarding disability benefits to the claimant, Nancy A. Cotton. We reverse the district court for the following reasons.
I
Thirty-five-year-old plaintiff-appellee Nancy A. Cotton (“Cotton”) injured her left leg when she caught her foot in a recliner while working as a housekeeper at a rest home on February 13, 1987. Cotton, a high school graduate with previous experience as a seamstress and sewing machine operator, has not worked since.
On August 5, 1987, Cotton…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Wyatt v. Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- Thomas Eads, Jr. v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Darrell E. NELSON, Appellant, v. Louis SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Irma WILLIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by321 opinions
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- Wayne Cline v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
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