Post by Logan on Jan 21, 2016 23:47:58 GMT -6
A move by the Social Security Administration to end disability checks for hundreds of people in Eastern Kentucky played a substantial role in two people killing themselves, a federal lawsuit filed this week charged.
The two, Melissa Jude and Leroy Burchett, were despondent after getting notice that they would lose benefits, the lawsuit said.
Burchett shot himself in the chin on June 1. Jude shot herself in the head the next day, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit is part of the continued controversy related to allegations of disability fraud involving Eric C. Conn, who for years was one of the top disability lawyers in the nation.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/state/article55898210.html
The two, Melissa Jude and Leroy Burchett, were despondent after getting notice that they would lose benefits, the lawsuit said.
Burchett shot himself in the chin on June 1. Jude shot herself in the head the next day, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit is part of the continued controversy related to allegations of disability fraud involving Eric C. Conn, who for years was one of the top disability lawyers in the nation.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/state/article55898210.html