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Administrative: Social Security Act-Intellectual Disorder-Disability
Where a claimant of supplemental security income under the Social Security Act challenged the denial of benefits, the administrative law judge did not err in determining that the claimant’s intellectual disorder was not severe enough to qualify as a listed impairment, and the ALJ also did not err in finding that the claimant was not […]
Administrative: SSDI-Disability-Residual Functional Capacity
Plaintiff appealed the district court’s judgment upholding the Social Security Administration commissioner’s decision to deny SSDI benefits to plaintiff, after an ALJ concluded that plaintiff was not under a disability and had residual functional capacity to perform light work. Where there was substantial evidence to support the finding that plaintiff had capacity to perform light, […]
Administrative : Social Security Disability – Partial Denial Of Benefits – Disability
Fentress v. Berryhill (MLW No. 70461/Case No. 16-1933 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Sippel, J.)
Administrative : Social Security Benefits – Disability
Reece v. Colvin (MLW No. 69621/Case No. 15-2460 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)
Administrative : ADA – Alcoholism – Disability
Scheffler v. Dohman (MLW No. 67794/Case No. 13-3785 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)
Employer – Employee : Discrimination – Disability – Qualified Individual
Minnihan v. Mediacom Communications Corporation (MLW No. 67511/Case No. 14-1109 – 15 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Beam, J.)
Administrative : Social Security – Denial Of Benefits – Disability
Gieseke v. Colvin (MLW No. 67099/Case No. 14-1395 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)
ERISA : Denial Of Benefits – Disability – Loss Of Driver’s License
Hampton v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (MLW No. 67014/Case No. 13-2782 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)
Employer – Employee: Discrimination – Disability – Jury Instruction
Hervey v. Department of Corrections (MLW No. 64046/Case No. SC92145 – 22 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Breckenridge, J.; Russell, Fischer and Stith, JJ., concur; Draper, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Teitelman, C.J., concurs in opinion of Draper, J.)
Insurance: Disability – Independent Medical Exam
Polich v. Prudential Financial, Inc. (MLW No. 62519/Case No. 10-3100 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)
Social Security: Disability – Witness – Credibility
Buckner v. Astrue (MLW No. 62490/Case No. 10-1524 – 20 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)
Employer – Employee – Retaliation – Disability – Cat’s Paw Theory
Diaz v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. (MLW No. 62374/Case No. 10-1472 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Marshall, D.J.)
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