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

A Customer Service Supervisor trained and managed new customer service reps, which required her to be on her feet all day, while interacting with employees and customers. Unfortunately, some difficult events in her childhood led to PTSD, and eventually full-blown major depressive disorder. Given the demands of her occupation, she had to temporarily leave her job and file for disability. She was approved, but only for a limited time, until Metlife demanded she return to work. Her doctors told her she was incapable of working and needed therapy to overcome her problems.

Frustrated with Metlife’s refusal to reinstate her much-needed benefits, she hired Fields Law. Our attorneys gathered the necessary medical support from her various doctors and filed an appeal. The appeal was successful, and she was relieved to have her benefits reinstated.

An airline operations supervisor began having serious knee pain after an unsuccessful meniscus surgery. Walking was very difficult, and doctors told him he may eventually need to have knee replacement surgery. His job required walking between 24 gates at the airport to supervise employees, so he was forced to take a lower paying job that did not strain his knee as much. He received Long Term Disability benefits from his insurer while they were evaluating his claim, but after a few months they stopped paying.

Disappointed in this decision to stop paying his benefits, and worried about his lost income, he called Fields Law for help. The attorneys at Fields Law studied documentation from New York Life and discovered they were not using an accurate description of our client’s job. Fields Law attorneys filed a strong appeal and kept our client informed every step of the way. Ultimately, our client was granted continued benefits and issued a lump-sum payment for back-pay.

A flight attendant from Arizona had been HIV-positive since 1992.  As a result of the diagnosis and the rigorous medication regimen he required, he suffered from chronic fatigue, neuropathy, Reynaud’s, and cognitive dysfunction.  He also suffered from chronic back pain due to degenerative disc disease. After 26 years of receiving Long Term Disability benefits, his claim was denied by The Hartford who asserted he had the functional capacity to perform occupations they had identified. Unsure of how to dispute the decision, he found the attorneys at Fields Disability.

After reviewing medical records from the insurer and obtaining updated medical records, our attorneys submitted a winning appeal.  The Hartford reversed their decision and reinstated the payment of monthly benefits.