Legal Opinion
Laffin v. Sullivan
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided November 29, 1990No. IP 89-1086-CPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ENTRY
DILLIN, District Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services denying the plaintiff’s application for widow’s disability benefits. For the following reasons, the Secretary’s decision is reversed.
Background
Susanna Laffin was born on April 2,1932 and was 56 at the time of her most recent hearing. She is the widow of Harold G. Laffin, who died on November 26, 1977.
Mrs. Laffin first applied for widow’s disability benefits on February 21, 1985. Her application was denied by the administrative law judge (AU) on March 26, 1986. This decision was…
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- Marie Landess v. Casper W. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
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