Legal Opinion
John A. Kolman v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 7, 1994No. 93-4046PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
John Kolman sought social security disability benefits. They were denied on the ground that he was capable of doing his former work. The district court upheld this determination, but we reversed, Kolman v. Sullivan, 925 F.2d 212 (7th Cir.1991), because the former work was a makework training job and we didn’t think that such a job counted as substantial gainful employment. On remand, the Social Security Administration finally—after twelve years— awarded Kolman disability benefits. He applied to the district court for an award of attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to…
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