WILSON v. HECKLER

Civ. A. No. 83-3771.

622 F.Supp. 649 (1985)

John WILSON and Mary Christopher, on their own behalf, and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Hon. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

Supplemental Opinion Accompanying Order November 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Yaskin, Jacobs & Schwalbe, P.C., Voorhees, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Thomas W. Greelish, U.S. Atty. by Laurie J. Gentile, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Newark, N.J., for defendant.


OPINION

BROTMAN, District Judge.

This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Secretary of Health and Human Services ("Secretary"), challenging her policy of denying or terminating disability benefits under the Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") and Old Age Survivor and Disability Insurance ("OASDI") programs solely on the basis that claimants' impairments are not medically "severe" and without any consideration of each claimant...

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