Short & Long Term Disability Cases We’ve Won for Our Clients in Minnesota
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.
Explore our Minnesota long-term disability case results for denied claims.
Here are just a few examples of our Long Term Disability appeal and lawsuit case wins in Minnesota.
Tim – Teacher – Eagan, Minnesota
Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
A teacher from Minnesota suffered from Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. His treating doctors recommended he stop working due to his severe conditions. He applied for Long Term Disability benefits through his employer’s plan. Unfortunately, Madison National denied his claim based on a lack of objective findings substantiating his limitations and restrictions.
After some research, he turned to Fields Law for help. Our attorneys put together an appeal outlining the substantial medical evidence that was selectively cited, misstated, and ignored during the initial claim determination. Additionally, we received narrative reports from our client’s treating doctors, establishing the basis for their opinions and the limitations they assessed for our client. After receiving our appeal, Madison National reversed its decision and paid our client his backpay.
Tammy – Loan Documentation Specialist – Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Severe Anxiety
A Minnesota woman had worked for a large nationwide bank as a loan documentation specialist, a sedentary position that was clerical in nature. However, she was forced to stop working as a result of her severe anxiety. She had applied for and been granted Short Term Disability benefits from the insurance company. But just three months later, the payments stopped without warning. The insurance company claimed to have had her medical records “peer reviewed” by a physician who had never even met her, and even had the audacity to call the severity of her conditions into question.
She wanted to appeal the insurance company’s decision, but needed professional expertise. She went straight to Fields Law, and our qualified experts analyzed her case and began writing her appeal. Our attorneys argued that the insurer had erred in relying on the opinions of the independent doctor and ignored substantial medical evidence in our client’s claim. Further, we highlighted the records which best demonstrated the severity of our client’s condition. Faced with our arguments, the insurance company returned a decision within a month overturning their previous denial and reinstated our client’s benefits.
Judith – Financial Analysis Manager – Hastings, Minnesota
Depression
Depression rendered a 56-year old woman incapable of performing her job as a Financial Analysis Manager. Her job required a high degree of critical thinking and organizational skills. Her treating psychologist told the insurance provider that she was not capable of performing her job duties, but The Standard ignored the doctor and refused to pay her Short Term Disability benefits.
Unsure of what to do, she turned to Fields Law Firm for help. Our team assembled an appeal in which we argued that our client’s treating doctors’ opinions were more credible than the doctor that The Standard hired who stated that our client was not disabled. In the end, The Standard was forced to overturn their previous denial of benefits and our client received payments dating back several months.
