Hartnett v. Apfel

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ordering the Commissioner to assign the remanded case to a different ALJ in part because the ALJ “mischaracterized [and] misunderstood the evidence before him.”
• remanding to a new ALJ appropriate where the ALJ made insensitive comments to Plaintiff and mischaracterized and misunderstood the evidence
• “[I]f an ALJ perceives inconsistencies in [the medical record], the ALJ bears an affirmative duty to seek out more information from the treating physician and to develop the administrative record accordingly”
• “[I]f an ALJ perceives inconsistencies in [the medical record], the ALJ bears an affirmative duty to seek out more information from the treating physician and to develop the administrative record accordingly[.]”
• “[I]f an ALJ perceives inconsistencies in a treating physician’s reports, the ALJ bears an affirmative duty to seek out more information from the treating physician and to develop the administrative record accordingly”
• “if an ALJ perceives inconsistencies in a treating physician’s reports, the ALJ bears an affirmative duty to seek out more information from the treating physician and to develop the administrative record accordingly”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).