SANSANO v. SULLIVAN

Civ. No. 89-4805 (HLS).

788 F.Supp. 218 (1992)

Amante SANSANO, Plaintiff, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

As Amended April 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Steele, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Newark, N.J., for defendant.

Glenn B. Carey, Newark, N.J., for plaintiff.


OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

Without the prospect of an award of attorney's fees, it is unlikely that the wrongful denial of social security benefits would ever be vindicated. Thus counsel should be encouraged to undertake such matters and be compensated when their efforts have been successful. Prior to June of 1991 a remand was not considered a final judgment requiring the filing of a fee application. Since then, by Supreme Court ruling, such remands...

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