Social Security Sued Over Kentucky Suicides

     From WYMT:

Family members of two people who killed themselves after receiving letters from the Social Security Administration indicating their federal disability benefits were suspended are suing the agency. ...

The SSA in 2015 ordered nearly 1,800 people to attend hearings to determine whether they should continue receiving disability checks. ...

The people being forced to undergo hearings are former clients of Floyd County lawyer Eric C. Conn.

Congressional investigators suspect Conn used fraudulent information to secure the benefits.

Conn has not been charged and has denied any wrongdoing.

Social Security Law Section of FBA Posts Newsletter

     The Social Security Law Section of the Federal Bar Association has posted its Winter 2016 newsletter. There is an article on the "Reserved to the Commissioner" defense that the Social Security Administration tries to use to avoid the treating physician rule and a very interesting article on suicides among Social Security disability claimants.