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JONES v. APFEL

No. 98-6797.

190 F.3d 1224 (1999)

Christine JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Coplin, Jr., Demopolis, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Patricia N. Beyer, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Mobile, AL, Elizabeth Ryan, Victoria L. Blais, Social Security Administration, Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and STORY, District Judge.

DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

In this social security case, we are called upon to decide if the testimony of a vocational expert ("VE") trumps the Dictionary of Occupational Titles ("DOT") when the two are in conflict. We hold that it does.

I. BACKGROUND

Christine Jones ("Jones") applied for supplemental security income benefits ("SSI") on February 22, 1994, alleging that pain in her back, hands, legs, and chest, and numbness on her right side left her...

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