Leonard Reed v. M.A. Mortenson Companies and Arch Insurance company/gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding denial of benefits where claimant worked with impairments and had not -9- been discharged because of impairments but was fired for other reasons
• “How many times must we give instructions that [watching television, visiting friends, and going to church] do not indicate that a claimant is able to work full time in our competitive economy?”
• “How many times must we give instructions that [watching television, visiting friends, and going to church] do not indicate that a claimant is able to work full time in our competitive economy?”
• “How many times must we give instructions that [watching television, visiting friends, and going to church] do not indicate that a claimant is able to work full time in our competitive economy?”
• “[T]he ALJ’s failure to consider the quality, frequency, and independence of [the claimant’s daily activities], as required by SSR 85–16,4 render suspect the use of these activities as probative evidence of [the claimant’s ability to work]”
• after claimant meets burden of proving she cannot perform PRW, burden shifts to Commissioner to show there is other work claimant can perform; if non-exertional impairments exist, grids may not be used and vocational expert testimony is required

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).