THOMAS v. SULLIVAN

No. 88-2171.

876 F.2d 666 (1989)

Lillian THOMAS, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony W. Bartels, Jonesboro, Ark., for appellant.

Joyce Shatteen, Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Lillian Thomas appeals from the judgment of the District Court affirming the decision of the Secretary denying her claim for disability benefits. Because the denial of benefits was not supported by substantial evidence, we reverse.

I.

At the time of this appeal, Lillian Thomas was a thirty-nine year-old black woman with a tenth-grade education. She lived with her two teen-age sons in a two-bedroom HUD-supported apartment. The...

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