LEWIS v. SCHWEIKER

No. 83-1050.

720 F.2d 487 (1983)

Norma W. LEWIS, Appellant, v. Richard SCHWEIKER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Blackwell, Mayhugh, Harris & Blackwell, Flat River, Mo., for appellant.

Thomas E. Dittmeier, U.S. Atty., Joseph B. Moore, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Paul P. Cacioppo, Regional Atty., Region VII, D. Samuel Borin, Asst. Regional Atty., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Kansas City, Mo., of counsel.

Before HEANEY and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Norma Lewis appeals from the district court's order granting summary judgment to the defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), thereby affirming the Secretary's decision denying Lewis disabled widow's insurance benefits. The sole issue on appeal is whether the Secretary's decision denying disability is supported by substantial evidence. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Lewis and her husband, Arvil Wichman...

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