Short & Long Term Disability Cases We’ve Won for Our Clients Against Various Insurers
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.
Learn about our Cigna long-term disability case results and how we challenge denials.
View our long-term disability results against various insurers.
Here are just a few examples of our Long Term Disability appeal case wins against various insurers.
Yvette – Customer Service Representative – Port Heron, Michigan
Pulmonary Fibrosis
A woman from Michigan suffered from severe pulmonary fibrosis, a condition that makes the simple act of breathing difficult. Her condition was so severe that she had been recommended for a lung transplant. This condition made it impossible for her to work in any capacity. Her insurance company accepted her claim and paid Short Term Disability benefits. The insurer later denied her claim for Long Term Disability benefits stating that she had the capacity to perform her own occupation.
Not knowing how to fight the insurance company, she reached out to Fields Law. The attorneys at Fields Law began by updating our client’s medical records to provide the full scope of the client’s condition. Once the records were compiled, her attorney drafted a winning appeal which led the insurance company to overturn their denial and reinstate her benefits. Our client felt a huge sense of relief that she would once again have a steady source of income to support herself.
Cindy – Customer Care Specialist – Rockland, Maine
Bulging Discs with Cysts, Chronic Back Pain, Right Foraminal Narrowing, Nerve Root Compression, Hip Pain
A Customer Care Specialist from Maine was forced to end her career due to disabling medical conditions. Initially, she was approved for Long Term Disability benefits, which she received for a few months. When CIGNA abruptly terminated her benefits, she reached out to Fields Law Firm for assistance.
Our team immediately began working to appeal the termination of benefits. The extensive volume of medical records, testimonies from our client’s physicians, and other important information gathered by our team put pressure on CIGNA to reverse their decision. After providing CIGNA with significant evidence supporting our client’s disability claim, the appeal was successful, and CIGNA reinstated our client’s future benefits and sent her all of the backpay she was owed from the date of termination.
Tommy – Distribution Tester – Lusby, Maryland
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, Kidney Stones, Tight Toe Tumor Removal, Diabetes, Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, Obesity
A Distribution Tester from Maryland had to stop working following a severely traumatic event of being shot at while sitting in his work truck. As a result of this traumatic event, he suffered from bullet fragments in his neck, and glass fragments in his face. Subsequently, he developed severe anxiety and panic attacks.
However, his insurer denied his Long Term Disability benefits claim, alleging that they did not received any measurable clinical findings to support his inability to work. CIGNA went on to claim that his medical conditions did not preclude him from performing the material duties of his regular occupation.
Shocked at this decision, he contacted the attorneys at Fields Law Firm with only 45 days to submit an appeal. The attorneys at Fields Law were able to collect all the medical records and reports from our client’s doctors and submit an appeal quickly and efficiently. After receiving the appeal, CIGNA realized they needed to overturn their prior decision to deny benefits, and determined our client was indeed disabled. CIGNA issued a check for all the months our client was entitled to immediately, and our client was very happy with the work the Fields Law attorneys did on his Long Term Disability appeal.
