Kevin Hart was a Jack-of-all trades for decades. He poured concrete, framed houses, loaded 50 pound sacks of almonds at a factory, and waxed the floors of The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Then, he was hit by a car while biking home from work one night, and became permanently disabled. After he could no longer work, he moved in with his mother, relying on a small monthly Social Security benefit to make ends meet.
After a routine disability review in 2013, he received notice from the Social Security Administration (SSA) that he was no longer eligible for benefits. SSA had based this determination on the opinion of a discredited physician.
In 2015, along with partners Morrison & Foerster LLP and Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, we filed a class action lawsuit against SSA on behalf of Mr. Hart and approximately 4,000 other residents of the broader Bay Area and Central Coast whose disability benefits were denied or terminated based on the reports of the disqualified physician.
