Legal Opinion
Brooke Taskila v. Comm'r of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 15, 2016No. 15-2224PublishedCited by 282 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
An administrative law judge denied Brooke Taskila’s request for disability benefits after the ALJ determined that'she could perform a significant number of jobs in the national' economy. The district court held that substantial evidence supports this decision, and so do we.
Taskila, now thirty-seven, has faced a number of health issues. She was involved in several serious car accidents, crashing into a ditch in 1996, a tree in 2006, and a deer in 20Í0. On top of that, she underwent successful treatment in 2011 for a mass in her breast and sought treatment for knee…
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