Short & Long Term Disability Cases We’ve Won for Our Clients in New York
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 New York.
Eileen – Legal Assistant – Farmingdale, New York
Vestibular Dysfunction, Nausea, Dizziness, Migraines
A New York woman worked as a Legal Assistant for several decades before contracting a mysterious virus, and developing Vestibular Dysfunction with associated conditions. She began suffering intense nausea, dizziness and migraines whenever she was subjected to visual or auditory stimulation. Living and working around New York City, this soon became a serious problem and she was forced to stop working, as a result.
She applied for Long Term Disability benefits through her insurance company. However, after 6 months of silence, the insurer sent her a letter denying her claim for benefits. The denial letter claimed her medical documentation did not support functional limitations which would preclude her from performing the material duties of her own occupation.
Knowing she needed help to fight the insurance company, she contacted Fields Law for help. Fields Law put a team of attorneys on her case, and began gathering the extensive documentation needed to prove her disability. The Fields Law team worked with her medical providers to produce a detailed narrative report, which contradicted the insurer’s internally generated “expert” medical reviews. When considering the appeal, the insurer had no choice but to approve benefits. Our client’s benefits were reinstated, and she received an additional check for back-pay of her missed benefits.
