Legal Opinion
Denise Desonier, Amanda M. Desonier v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1990No. 89-1167PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the district court affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services which denied child’s insurance benefits to her ten year old daughter, Amanda DeSonier. 42 U.S.C. § 402(d) (1988). The Secretary concluded that the plaintiff failed to establish that Amanda was the “child” of a deceased wage earner, Russell D. Phillis, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 416(e). The district court held that the Secretary’s decision was supported by substantial evidence and was legally correct. We reverse for the reasons…
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