COTTON v. SULLIVAN

No. 92-6392.

2 F.3d 692 (1993)

Nancy A. COTTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary, Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Francis (argued and briefed), James S. Miller, Francis Law Office, Cadiz, KY, for plaintiff-appellee.

Joseph M. Whittle, U.S. Atty., W. Brady Miller, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Louisville, KY, Susan Sleater (argued and briefed), Freddi Lipstein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div. Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellant.

Before: MILBURN and BOGGS, Circuit Judges; and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.


CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services appeals the district court's August 11, 1992 Order and Judgment awarding disability benefits to the claimant, Nancy A. Cotton. We reverse the district court for the following reasons.

I.

Thirty-five-year-old plaintiff-appellee Nancy A. Cotton ("Cotton") injured her left leg when she caught her foot in a recliner while working as a housekeeper at a rest home on February 13, 1987...

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