United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment against claimant on a claim for social security disability insurance is affirmed as any error in an ALJ's failure to ask a vocational expert about possible conflicts between his opinion and the Dictionary of Occupational Titles was harmless because no such conflict appeared to exist.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/13/2007
• Published 08/13/2007

Judges

• JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas A. Krause, argued, West Des Moines, IA, Edward C. Olson, on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Todd A. Duclos, argued, Social Security Administration, Chicago, IL, for appellee.