Legal Opinion
Meissl v. Barnhart
District Court, C.D. California
Decided May 25, 2005No. CV 04-3044-SGLPublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AFFIRMING COMMISSIONER’S DECISION DENYING BENEFITS
LARSON, United States Magistrate Judge.
Glenda Meissl stopped working in 1994 after her eighteen-year-old son was killed in a car accident. Meissl thereafter descended into a reclusive state for the next eight years, remaining in bed and assuaging her emotional pain with food. Meissl, who stands five feet four inches tall, steadily gained weight until she weighed 320 pounds, which led to her developing a number of physical maladies — including hypertension, diabetes, and degenerative changes in her spine. As Meissl recounted: “After my…
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