Pace v. Celebrezze

EAST, District Judge.

The plaintiff filed an application to establish a period of disability and for disability insurance benefits under §§ 216 (i) and 223 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.A. 416 (i) and 423, respectively. He alleged that he became disabled and unable to work in September, 1954, because of a severe electric shock which he suffered when he was standing with his hand on a truck bed and the boom from a crane mounted on the truck struck a 12,000 volt power line.1

Plaintiff filed his application for benefits on September 16,1959, and it was denied initially and on…