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· 1/20/1988

Johnny W. HALL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant

Citations

  • 837 F.2d 272
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 511
  • 1988 WL 2449

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  • finding that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for the plaintiff on a Step Five challenge when 1,350 jobs existed in the local economy
  • interpreting an earlier Sixth Circuit case as holding in favor of the claimant because of “the failure of the vocational expert to testify without qualification that jobs which the plaintiff could perform actually existed in the economy.”
  • The court approvingly notes that \[h]ere the expert testified without qualification that there were jobs whose duties the plaintiff could perform and he listed some of them\
  • “[WJhen there is testimony that a significant number of jobs exists for which a claimant is qualified, it is immaterial that this number is a small percentage of the total number of jobs in a given area.”
  • 1,350 jobs identified by the VE in the regional economy constituted a significant number
  • 1,350 jobs in a nine- county area including Dayton, Ohio, where the plaintiff lived

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Judges: Lively, Keith, Milburn

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