United States Seventh Circuit

In an action involving disability insurance benefits, denial of plaintiff's claim is affirmed where: 1) substantial evidence supported the ALJ's findings concerning plaintiff's residual functional capacity; and 2) it was not error for the ALJ to rely on the testimony of a vocational expert to show that there were a significant number of jobs plaintiff was capable of performing as the testimony was neither objected to or contradicted.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/22/2008
• Decided 03/24/2009
• Published 03/24/2009

Judges

• CUDAHY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barry A. Schultz, Attorney (argued), Law Offices of Barry A. Schultz, P.C., Evanston, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Suzanne E. Lohmeyer Duman, Attorney (argued), Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Region V, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.