DROMBETTA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

No. 86-3655.

845 F.2d 607 (1987)

Goanna M. DROMBETTA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

October 21, 1987.


RYAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Drombetta appeals from the district court's judgment that her widow's insurance benefits, paid under the Social Security Act, are required to be reduced under the Act to reflect her receipt of a government pension.

Appellant claims she meets a dependency exception to the reduction provision because she was receiving one-half of her support from her deceased insured husband at the time of his death. The so-called pooled-fund method...

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