Short & Long Term Disability Cases We’ve Won for Our Clients in Maine
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 Maine.
Gail – Corrections Officer – Hartland, Maine
Degenerative Disc Disease; Post-laminectomy Syndrome
A Correction Officer from Maine was unable to work due to a failed spine surgery. She applied for and received Long Term Disability benefits from an insurance policy provided by her employer. She received benefits for two years. However, The Hartford terminated her benefits when the definition of disability switched from her Own Occupation to Any Occupation. The Hartford had hired a doctor who never met nor examined her, and who stated that she was not prevented from working a sedentary occupation.
Not knowing how to fight the insurance company by herself and in dire financial straits, she reached out to Fields Law Firm. Our attorneys reviewed all of her records and crafted a fantastic strategy for proving the insurer wrong. After submitting the appeal, it didn’t take long for The Hartford to realize there was no way for them to maintain their denial. We quickly received a full-reversal of the insurance company’s denial in writing, and our client received her backpay and her ongoing benefits.
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.
