Legal Opinion
Doris K. EAGLE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 19, 1989No. 88-5301PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
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In May 1982, Doris K. Eagle, who had just turned sixty-five, visited a Social Security Administration (SSA) office in Hialeah, Florida, seeking old-age benefits. A claims representative, Grace Fleming, told Eagle that she was ineligible for old-age insurance benefits because she had not accumulated a sufficient number of work quarters. Eagle accepted Fleming’s statement as true, and consequently did not file the written application required for such benefits. 1
Two years later, on September 14, 1984, Eagle revisited the SSA office and again met with Fleming. Fleming…
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