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BURNETTE v. BOWEN

Nos. 84 C 0587, 87 C 2838.

702 F.Supp. 47 (1988)

Leon E. BURNETTE, Plaintiff, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

December 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooklyn Legal Services Corp., Federal Litigation Program (Minna J. Kotkin, Harvey Mechanic and Lisa Newmark, Legal Interns, of counsel), Brooklyn, N.Y., for plaintiff.

Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y. (M. Lawrence Noyer, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., of counsel), for defendant.

NICKERSON, District Judge.

This case is about plaintiff Leon E. Burnette, an offset printing press operator for twenty-four years who, in the opinion of his treating doctor, became totally disabled primarily due to diabetic neuropathy. Disregarding both the opinion of the government consulting doctor examining Mr. Burnette that he had a loss of feeling in his hands and feet and the opinion of the treating physician that if Mr. Burnette "operates machinery he may get...

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