HALL v. BOWEN

No. 86-3900.

837 F.2d 272 (1988)

Johnny W. HALL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Lee, John Cervay (argued), Dayton, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

John F. Cordes, Thomas M. Bondy, Lead Counsel (argued), Civ. Div., Appellate Staff, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Nicholas J. Pantel, Asst. U.S. Atty., Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant-appellant.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge and KEITH and MILBURN, Circuit Judges.


LIVELY, Chief Judge.

This case requires us to determine the proper meaning of "work which exists in significant numbers" as used in the definition of "disability" found in the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq. (1982) (the Act).

I.

Disability is defined generally as the "inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result...

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