Legal Opinion
Nicole Gentle v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 7, 2005No. 05-1089PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The administrative law judge denied Nicole Gentle’s application for social security disability benefits on the ground that although she has a severe impairment, she is capable of doing her former work, as a supermarket delicatessen worker and school lunchroom attendant, which she left in 2001 when she became pregnant with her second child. That child was 11 months old at the time of the hearing, and Gentle, who is not married, takes care of the child at home; her other child, a four year old, is at preschool. Her severe impairment is pain, which makes it difficult for…
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- Loza v. ApfelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
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