Disability Benefits

By: Derek Hawkins//February 22, 2016//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Riley Forsythe v. Carolyn W. Colvin

Case No.: 15-2333

Officials: POSNER, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Disability Benefits

Administrative Law Judge improperly denies benefits to appellant who was considered totally disabled by same judge.

“That the administrative law judge gave no real considera- tion to the question what jobs the plaintiff can perform is shown by the fact that right after noting that the vocational expert had said that although the Dictionary of Occupational Titles classifies cashier jobs as semi-skilled the Dictionary is out of date and that he was reclassifying those jobs as un- skilled, the administrative law judge said: “the vocational expert’s testimony is consistent with the information con- tained in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.” So the ad- ministrative law judge wasn’t paying attention.”

Reversed and Remanded

Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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