Francis M Jackson's Legal Cases (3)

Administrative law

Moody v. Shinseki

Nov 23, 2011

OUTCOME: Judgment for the appellant veteran

This was a veteran's case at the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in Washington, D.C. The Board of Veterans' Appeals had denied back benefits to Mr. Moody, holding that despite a settlement entere ... d into by the parties at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 2005 regarding the processing of the case, the Board was no longer bound by the settlement. Mr Jackson briefed the case and persuaded Judge Lance to reject the Board's position and order the case remanded for processing consistent with the terms of the earlier settlement

Social Security & Disability

Grindle v. Astrue

Oct 14, 2011

OUTCOME: Judgment for the Plaintiff, Mr. Grindle

This was a social security case in which the judge denied benefits to a gentleman who had serious vision problems. The United States District Court for the District of Maine reversed the social securi ... ty judge and remanded the case, holding that the social security judge improperly rejected the important medical evidence, instead improperly relying upon his own lay views

Social Security & Disability

Woodard v. Astrue

Jul 19, 2011

OUTCOME: Judgment for the Plaintiff

This was a social security case in which the social security judge refused to consider the medical evidence from the treating physician, claiming that he did not have enough experience with this patien ... t to give a valid opinion. Mr. Jackson persuaded the judge in the United States District Court that was incorrect based on a recent case, Soto-Cedeno v. Astrue, from the First Circuit Court of Appeals

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