Short & Long Term Disability Cases We’ve Won for Our Clients in Louisiana
Fields Law Firm successfully recovers millions of dollars each year for our disabled clients throughout the United States. Our Long Term Disability experience is matched by very few other law firms in the country and has earned us a national reputation.
Here are just a few examples of our Long Term Disability appeal and lawsuit case wins in Louisiana.
Jennifer – Technical Services Assistant – Walker, Louisiana
Low Back Pain
A Technical Service Assistant was unable to work due to severe back pain that impaired her ability to sit and stand comfortably at work. She submitted a claim for Short Term Disability and was paid benefits for just two weeks before being denied. In the denial letter, Sedgwick stated the medical records failed to show she was disabled. For months prior to leaving work, she had tried everything from a standing desk to pain medications to continue working. She knew, in her current condition, returning to work simply was not possible.
She hired Fields Law to file an appeal of this wrongful denial decision. Our attorneys gathered medical evidence and disability paperwork from our client’s two treating doctors stating that she was unable to perform her work as a technical services assistant. Our attorneys submitted that information along with a legal memorandum arguing our client could not return to work due to her conditions. After a brief review, Sedgwick overturned its decision and reinstated benefits. Our client was able to use the Short Term Disability back payment to continue treatment with her doctors and eventually resume work with her employer.
