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DUTHU v. SULLIVAN

No. 88-3841.

886 F.2d 97 (1989)

Janice Edmonson DUTHU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerri G. Smitko, Duval, Funderburk, Sundbery & Lovell, Houma, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Marguerite Lokey, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before KING, JOLLY and DUHE, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Because of her unfamiliarity with the intricacies of the Social Security Act and Social Security Administration ("SSA") regulations, Janice Duthu relied on erroneous information given to her by SSA employees, resulting in the loss of approximately five years of benefit payments due to her children. Mrs. Duthu contends that it is inequitable for the SSA to deny those benefits on the basis of her lack of knowledge

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