Short & Long Term Disability Cases We’ve Won for Our Clients in Arizona
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 Arizona.
David – Engineer – Mesa, Arizona
Hepatic Encephalopathy, Vertebral Compression Fracture, History of Liver Transplant
An engineer from Arizona was forced out of work due to his disabling conditions. After receiving Long Term Disability benefits for five years, Guardian decided to cut off his benefits, claiming that the medical records no longer supported restrictions or limitations.
Worried about his lost income, he called Fields Law for help. The attorneys at Fields gathered medical records and supplemental opinions from his doctors to refute the insurance company. With stronger evidence, the team drafted an appeal arguing the legal basis for reinstating our clients’ benefits. Guardian reversed their decision and our client received a lump-sum for back-pay and is receiving his monthly income.
Harry – Salesman – Phoenix, Arizona
Back Pain, Mental Health
A salesman from Arizona had been in a car accident that caused a disabling back condition. After filing a claim for Long Term Disability benefits, the insurance company denied benefits stating his conditions were pre-existing. He was forced out of work just two days before being covered for an entire year, which is what triggered the pre-existing denial. Fields Law Firm took the case on, knowing it would be an upward battle.
The Fields Law Firm attorneys crafted three separate appeals for our client, each time finding new support that our client’s conditions were not all covered during the pre-existing period. We argued that our client also had disabling conditions beyond his back pain. After years of fighting with the insurer, our attorneys negotiated a deal that got our client his best-case scenario, and then some. Our client was pleased with the results and thankful for the hard work the Fields Disability team put into his case.
Carl – Division Manager – Phoenix, Arizona
Post Surgical Cranial Changes, Defects, Headaches, Mental Health Condition, Difficulty Focusing, Functioning
A Division Manager from Arizona was forced out of work due to disabling medical conditions, much of which was self-reported cognitive decline. Initially, the insurer had paid his benefits, but after a year with no support of doctors or any diagnosis beyond mental health, the insurer discontinued paying for benefits. Two years later, he discovered from an MRI that, in a surgery many years’ prior, the surgeons had failed to close a hole in his skull. It was at this point that he reached out to the Fields Law Firm team.
With this information, our team knew our client was disabled and that his symptoms should be attributed to this serious mistake. Our attorneys organized an appointment for a neuropsychology evaluation, which still did not give us conclusive reasoning behind our client’s symptoms. Our attorneys found another doctor to meet with him in Phoenix to review his case. This doctor advised the insurance company and all our client’s other doctors that his symptoms were, in fact, due to the hole left in his skull. With this fact now unavoidable, our attorneys negotiated a settlement for our client.
