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Case Wins Against Cigna
Here are just a few examples of our disability appeal case wins against Cigna.
$150,000 – Vince – Farmington, MN
Fields Law represented a man who worked as school janitor. The man slipped and fell on ice while working, tearing his right shoulder rotator cuff. Due to his injury, the man was not able to return to his job as a janitor. His employer initially compensated him for his injury, but eventually stopped paying benefits based on a doctor’s opinion that his shoulder problem was pre-existing and that his work injury was only temporary in nature. The Fields Law team worked with the client’s treating doctors to refute the employer’s position. They helped him obtained a settlement from his employer of $150,000, which included compensation for wage loss, medical expenses, and the permanent disability he incurred as the result of his work injury.
$205,000 – Darcy – Henning, MN
Our team represented a woman who injured her ankle while working as a gas station clerk. The woman developed complex regional pain syndrome and required extensive medical treatment to moderate her symptoms. Unfortunately, the woman’s doctors found her permanently and totally disabled, unable to ever return to work. We worked with her doctors to make her employer pay for her necessary medical treatment and to compensate her for becoming permanently and totally disabled as a result of her work injury at the gas station. Our team fought the employer and insurer to obtain a settlement of over $200,000 and to ensure that they continued to pay for her ongoing medical treatment related to the work injury.
$160,000 – Matthew – Deerwood, MN
A 24 year-old construction worker suffered a fractured vertebra while he was working on a project for his employer. His injury required an extensive spinal fusion surgery. His employer retaliated against the worker following this injury, pressuring him not to tell his doctor that his injury occurred at work. Our team helped the worker pursue claims against his employer for both its retaliation against him and for the workers’ compensation benefits that the employer and the workers’ compensation insurer owed him. We settled this case for $160,000, with the agreement that the employer and its insurer would continue to pay future medical treatment the employee will reasonably require for his back injury.
$163,000 – Clayton – Stillwater, MN
Our office had the opportunity to represent a state employee who had developed PTSD as a result of his work. PTSD became a compensable work injury in October 1, 2013. Prior to that date, individuals suffering from PTSD were not entitled to any wage loss or medical benefits under the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation system. the Attorneys at Fields Law fought the insurance company to help this client obtain a settlement of more than $160,000 to compensate him for his past and future wage loss, medical expenses, and his permanent partial disability due to his mental and physical work injuries.
$175,000 – Michael – Maplewood, MN
One of our clients suffered a severe low back injury while he was loading heavy cases at his employer’s manufacturing plant. As a result of this injury, he suffered from chronic pain and depression. Our team worked with the client’s doctors to fight to get him the medical care he needed and to establish that he was permanently disabled as a result of the work injury. We helped the client obtained a $175,000 settlement for his case, which helped him to move past his unfortunate work injury.
