Short & Long Term Disability Cases We’ve Won for Our Clients in Massachusetts

A Field Engineer suffered a low back injury and was no longer able to perform the duties of his job, which often required in-person tours of work sites, heavy lifting, and extensive hours. He submitted a claim to his disability insurance carrier. Lincoln Financial performed a cursory review of the claim and denied his benefits. Unsure what to do, he searched for help online and hired Fields Law Firm to assist with disputing the denial of benefits.

Our attorneys worked on assembling evidence to contradict Lincoln Financial’s medical review. We requested a series of reports from our client’s neurosurgeon to identify his restrictions and limitations. Our attorneys argued the restrictions and limitations would not allow for the performance of our client’s demanding occupation. After review of the appeal, the denial decision was overturned and our client was issued his much deserved benefits.

A Billing Administrator from Massachusetts suffered from Schizophrenia and Low Back Pain. Eventually, the combination of her conditions made work impossible. She applied for Long Term Disability through her employer’s insurance plan and received benefits for five years. New York Life stopped paying her after five years because they said she could return to work.

Worried about her lost income, she called Fields Law for help. Our team obtained the claim file from New York Life and found that the insurer overlooked key records about our client’s conditions. The Fields Law attorneys drafted a strong appeal to the insurance company based on the factual and legal errors from New York Life, as well as updated expert opinions. New York Life changed their mind and our client received a lump-sum payment for back-pay and ongoing monthly benefits. She is happy to be through worrying about her disability claim and is pleased to have hired Fields Law.

A Massachusetts woman worked as a Support Service Technician for a very large technology company before being forced to leave work due to a high risk pregnancy. She subsequently developed further complications, and was diagnosed with panic disorder, anxiety, chronic migraines, pre-syncope, and a separated pelvis. She applied for Long Term Disability benefits, but was denied by CIGNA. The denial letter claimed that her medical file did not support work restrictions from her date of disability through the delivery of her baby. Further, they wrote that the severity of her pelvic pain and symptoms was not enough to continuously support disability.

Feeling like she was running out of options, and not wanting to take the risk of appealing the decision herself, the woman sought out help from Fields Law Firm. Our attorneys ordered a significant amount of medical records which CIGNA claimed not to possess, worked with her own physicians to produce supportive narrative reports, and even had a functional capacity evaluation conducted. The Fields Law lawyers then wrote and submitted an appeal well before CIGNA’s deadline, and they reversed their decision. Our client soon received a check in the mail for back payments, and had her benefits reinstated.