DeSONIER v. SULLIVAN

No. 89-1167.

906 F.2d 228 (1990)

Denise DeSONIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, Amanda M. DeSonier, Plaintiff, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.J. Hartman, Legal Aid of Western Mich., Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

Donna Morros Weinstein, Chief Counsel, Jerald S. Post, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Gen. Counsel, Region V, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before WELLFORD and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 14, 1990.

LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the district court affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services which denied child's insurance benefits to her ten year old daughter, Amanda DeSonier. 42 U.S.C. § 402(d) (1988). The Secretary concluded that the plaintiff failed to establish that Amanda was the "child" of a deceased wage earner, Russell...

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