Short & Long Term Disability Cases We’ve Won for Our Clients Against Principal
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 case wins against Principal.
Angela – Medicare MDS Coordinator – Crystal City, Missouri
Multiple Sclerosis, Fatigue, Short-Term Memory Loss
A nurse supervisor from Missouri was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She took medication to offset her symptoms but eventually she began feeling extreme fatigue and cognition problems. She got into a car accident because her right leg suddenly went numb. She was forced to stop working. She applied for Long Term Disability but was denied by the insurance company and was told she could return to work.
With her symptoms worsening and her income gone, she called Fields Law for help. Our team gathered all our client’s medical records as well as Principal’s file. Our attorneys ordered additional neurologic evaluations. Once the evidence was strengthened, Fields Law attorneys sent a strong appeal to Principal. The denial was overturned, and our client received a lump-sum benefit for back-pay and was awarded ongoing monthly benefits.
John – Document Processor – Detroit, Michigan
Cervical Disc Herniation, Fusion Surgery
A young man who worked as a document processor for a Detroit law firm was hit by a drunk driver. As a result, he suffered a disc herniation in his neck, cervical facet syndrome, and a cervical spine sprain. He was in constant pain and eventually was forced to undergo surgery to fuse his cervical spine at the C4-C5 disc. Due to his condition, he was unable to continue working. His insurer initially approved him for Short Term Disability benefits. When he applied for Long Term Disability benefits, his insurer alleged that he was capable of performing his job and denied his benefits.
Unsure of what to do and how to live without an income, he got in touch with Fields Law. Our attorneys began compiling all of the necessary medical records and reached out to the client’s doctors to obtain narrative reports which detailed his impairments, treatment, and continuing symptoms. Our attorneys then submitted a compelling appeal to the insurer. Upon review, our client’s benefits were promptly reinstated. Our client was overjoyed to find out that the insurer had reversed their denial and was able to rest easy knowing that he would have an income to live off of.
Debra – Office Manager – Niantic, Connecticut
Rectal Cancer, Neuropathy, Incontinence, Chronic Pain
An office manager from Connecticut went out of work and started receiving Long Term Disability benefits due to rectal cancer. Two years after receiving benefits, her insurance provider cut off her benefits, concluding she could work in a sedentary position. Throughout her cancer treatment, however, she developed other disabling side effects, including anemia, chemo induced peripheral neuropathy, anxiety and depression, chronic diarrhea, bowel obstruction, pain in both hips, and chronic pain. Her neuropathy caused so much pain in her fingers that it hurt to touch a keyboard. Just prior to the termination of her benefits, the Social Security Administration evaluated her in person, and determined that she had less than sedentary functional capacity. She could not understand how they could come to one conclusion, but Principal came to the opposite. She decided to reach out to the Fields Law team for answers.
Our Team assured our client that we would do everything we could to put together a solid record with evidence pointing to disability and appeal Principal’s decision. The Fields Law attorneys wrote an appeal that documented all evidence that proved our client could not work in any occupation, and gathered support from our client’s doctors to bolster the argument. Our client’s Long Term Disability provider had no choice but to reinstate benefits following the appeal from our attorneys. Our client was so glad she decided to trust the Fields Law team to get her the quick, reliable results she needed to fight Principal and get her well-deserved disability benefits.
