
Frankel & Newfield fights aggressively
to protect your rights, preserve your
entitlement to benefits, and prosecute bad
faith denials and terminations of disability
claims.
F&N have achieved great success on behalf of
clients with difficult claims. Here are some
of the recent stories, please click headlines to read more about the specific case.
F&N Successfully Appeals Terminated Claim Our young client's
disability claim was terminated.
F&N Secures Reinstatement
of Benefits
After 11 years of benefits, our client's
disability claim was terminated.
F&N Convinces Hartford to
Reopen Process and Pay Benefits
Our client needed help after his
administrative process had been closed.
F&N Proves that
Disability is from Physical Condition
Our client's disability claim was being
wrongfully subjected to a limited pay
period.
F&N Secures Reinstatement
of Benefits
Our client's disability claim was terminated
when Prudential determined that the severe
heart disease of our young client (age 45)
was not disabling.
F&N Succeeds in
Reinstating Benefits for Bipolar Disorder CIGNA refused to acknowledge our client’s bipolar
disorder was disabling him.
F&N Succeeds in
Reinstating Benefits
CIGNA denied our client’s claim that she was
disabled from her occupation.
F&N Succeeds in
Reinstating Benefits
Broadspire terminated our client’s claim.
F&N Secures Reversal of
Claim Termination
Jefferson Pilot terminated the claim on a
basis of an IME and a paper reviewing
report.

F&N Secures Claim Reinstatement During
Litigation
Our client had exhausted his ERISA appeals
with Hartford and was forced to bring
litigation.
F&N Gets Attorney's Claim
Reinstated
Our client, an attorney, had her claim
terminated by Sun Life, on the basis of a
limited pay period for mental conditions,
despite the presence of her chronic pain.
F&N Secures Full Recovery Plus
Attorney's Fees
Our client’s claim was initially denied and
after exhausting her administrative process.
F&N Successfully
Litigates Legal Disability Issue
Our young client's
disability claim was terminated by UNUM
Provident.
F&N Succeeds with
Fibromyalgia Claim
Our client’s claim was wrongfully denied by
Met Life.
F&N Succeeds on Any
Occupation Claim
Our client’s claim was wrongfully terminated
by Liberty Life.
F&N Secures Substantial
Recovery for Commodities Broker
Our client’s disability claim was rejected.
F&N Secures Substantial
Recovery for Neuro-Radiologist
UNUM refused to recognize our client’s total disability claim.
F&N Procures Good Resolution
of Claim
Met Life wrongfully terminated our client’s benefits.
F&N Successfully Resolves
Claim for Client
Met Life denied our client’s claim for
benefits.
F&N Resolves Disputed
Claim for Benefits
Our client, an emergency room physician,
left practicing due to PTSD.
F&N Successfully Resolves
Claim for Client
We were retained after CIGNA had terminated
a claim that it was paying for 13 years.
F&N Wins Appeal,
Negotiates Buy Out of Claim
CIGNA wrongfully terminated our client’s
claim.

F&N Procures Benefits of
Terminated Employee
Our client was terminated from his
employment even though he suffered from a
psychological condition that his employer
was aware of.
F&N Procures Arrears on Residual Claim
Our client, an orthopedic surgeon, advised
us that that he sought to file a claim for
total disability benefits.
F&N Protects Claimant From
Undergoing Functional Capacity Testing
Our client was requested to undergo an FCE.
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