DeFRANCESCO v. BOWEN

No. 88-1810.

867 F.2d 1040 (1989)

Donald P. DeFRANCESCO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Daley, Frederick J. Daley, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Barbara M. King, Asst. U.S. Atty. and Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD, POSNER and MANION, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The district court upheld the Social Security Administration's denial of Donald DeFrancesco's claim for disability benefits. 679 F.Supp. 785 (N.D.Ill. 1988). The appeal requires us to decide whether the administrative law judge was justified in finding that DeFrancesco is not totally disabled.

In 1986, when the disability hearing was held, DeFrancesco (who has a high school education) was 50 years...

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