Legal Opinion
Wanda Dunlap LAWLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1985No. 84-1963PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Per curiam
Wanda Dunlap Lawler appeals the district court’s decision affirming the Secretary’s denial of her application for disability benefits. Because the Secretary, after accepting Lawler’s testimony that she could not do light or sedentary work for the lengths of time stated in the HHS medical-vocational guidelines, held without vocational testimony or other evidence that Lawler could nevertheless perform some light or sedentary jobs, we reverse and remand.
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Wanda Lawler is fifty years old and has an eighth-grade education. Until March 31, 1969, she worked primarily as a waitress and cashier, and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Samuel A. Ferguson v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Rena Scharlow v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary, of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Betty J. Dellolio v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Edward C. Carter v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Luevenia Davis v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Travis RIPLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Antonio FRAGA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Beverly Fields v. Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Donald HAMPTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis W. BOWEN, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Classie SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna SHALALA, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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