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$175,000 – Ben – Monticello, MN

We represented a carpenter who sustained a serious back injury while working for his employer that made him unable to continue working as a carpenter. Our clientís employer and its workers’ compensation insurer refused to cover the medical bills associated with his work injury. Our team fought the insurance company and helped him obtain a settlement, which included medical costs, wage loss, and the cost of an education. The final settlement for the client was $175,000. In addition to the settlement, medical benefits related to the client’s back remain open, meaning our team continues to work with the client’s doctors today to ensure that the he gets all of the medical care that he needs due to his work injury.

$192,000 – Kelly – Hager City, WI

The Fields Law team helped an injured nurse obtain a significant settlement from a large hospital. The client suffered a low back injury at work while transferring a patient from a stretcher to a hospital bed. The client underwent major surgery as a result of this injury, but her back pain persisted. The hospital and its workers’ compensation insurer sent the client to a physician who provided a statement that the client’s pain was unrelated to her work injury. Despite this physician’s opinion, our staff helped the injured nurse obtain a significant settlement of over $190,000.

$200,000 – Becky – Buffalo, MN

A woman working as a machine operator at a manufacturing plant suffered an injury to her right hand when she fell into a machine at work. As a result of this injury, she developed complex regional pain syndrome. Her pain eventually spread to other parts of her body, as is common in people suffering from this condition. Her employer and the workers’ compensation insurer denied that the pain in was related to the hand injury she developed at work. Our team helped the client to obtain a court order requiring her employer to pay for the medical treatment she needed to treat her injury. In addition, we helped the woman secure a $200,000 settlement against her employer and its workers’ compensation insurer.

$110,000 – Diane – Elk River, MN

A school custodian from Elk River hurt her back when she fell shoveling snow at work. She was forced to stop work and received workers compensation benefits for lost wages and to cover a back surgery. After surgery, her pain and immobility still made work impossible. The workers compensation insurer stopped paying benefits, saying that she needed to return to work.

Frustrated and worried about her lost income, she called Fields Law for assistance. Our team contacted all our client’s treating physicians and obtained updated records. Our attorneys filed a claim petition with the department of labor to fight for our client’s lost wages. The process lasted for months, but our team kept in constant communication with our client and her HR department to keep everyone updated and to ensure the process kept moving. During preparation for a hearing the insurer agreed to mediate the claim, and our attorneys negotiated a $110,000 settlement! Our client was delighted with the settlement amount, and happy with the professional advocacy from the Fields Law team.

$250,000 – Delray – Maplewood, MN

A construction worker had compression fractures of three vertebrae at work in 1983 when he fell about 30 feet off a water tower. He received workers compensation benefits for monthly income and for retraining. He retrained as an accountant and worked successfully at a desk job for 25 years. Recently, he began having severe back pain relating to the surgeries he had following his work injury. The workers compensation insurer stopped paying benefits.

Worried about his future income, he contacted Fields Law for assistance. Our team contacted all our client’s treating physicians and received updated medical records to show that our client could not work. Our attorneys researched the applicable workers compensation laws from the date of the 1983 injury to ensure our client would receive all of the benefits he was entitled to. During preparation for a hearing, the insurer agreed to mediate the claim. Our attorneys negotiated a $250,000 lump sum settlement for our client! The settlement agreement allows for coverage of future medications as they are prescribed. Our client was overjoyed with the settlement amount and was pleased to finally be done fighting with the workers compensation insurer. He hired Fields Law to help with his long-term disability and Social Security claims as well!