{"id":29,"date":"2020-01-20T16:53:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T06:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leelawyers.com.au\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-04-30T03:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T03:13:46","slug":"case-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leelawyers.com.au\/?page_id=29","title":{"rendered":"Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_slider _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Case Study&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Times New Roman||||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;70px&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/leelawyers.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/law-firm-28.jpg&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Life Insurance Litigation Case<\/p>\n<p>David v Goliath<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_fullwidth_slider][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Quote Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;110px|0px|110px|0px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;rgba(255,186,96,0.6)&#8221; border_width_right=&#8221;8vw&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_4,1_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Quote Area&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Author Name&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|600||on|||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffba60&#8243; text_letter_spacing=&#8221;4px&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;bottom&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; animation_starting_opacity=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Case Description<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Roboto Slab||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; text_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|30px||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;flip&#8221; animation_intensity_flip=&#8221;5%&#8221; animation_starting_opacity=&#8221;100%&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#313e47&#8243; border_width_left=&#8221;10px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;David&#8221; had seen three other law firms before approaching us at Lee Lawyers. The other &#8216;insurance law experts&#8217; had not taken his case for various reasons.<\/p>\n<p>We immediately saw and understood David&#8217;s issues and once retained, got to work on solving the problems.<\/p>\n<p>It was a technical and challenging matter, but with David and family with us all the way, together we prevailed.<\/p>\n<p>The insurer&#8217;s payment changed the life of David and his loved ones. We are grateful to represent our clients and remember that in the battle of David and Goliath &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>David won.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Project Image Area&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LbCt_FExf7A&#8221; image_src=&#8221;\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LbCt_FExf7A\/hqdefault.jpg&#8221; thumbnail_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.6)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Project Analysis Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;90px||90px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Project Analysis Area&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;60px|0px|60px|0px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;rgba(51,51,51,0.12)&#8221; border_width_top=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Roboto Slab||||||||&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fold&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; animation_intensity_fold=&#8221;5%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Case Summary<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of the night &#8220;David&#8221; woke up screaming from a surprise medical condition. He was taken by ambulance to the local hospital and emergency procedures performed. David&#8217;s life was forever changed. He could not go back to work, nor enjoy normal activities of daily living.<\/p>\n<p>Actually the insurer did not challenge this and initially made some Income Protection payments.\u00a0 Rather, it decided to go looking through David&#8217;s medical history to see what it could dig up.<\/p>\n<p>The claim was then refused on unrelated medical history, recorded with David&#8217;s GP. The insurer said it would not taken him as an insured at all, had David disclosed this information which it argued, any reasonable person in David&#8217;s position would have known as relevant to an insurer providing Income Protection or TPD insurance.<\/p>\n<p>We thought otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Our Process Area&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;60px|0px|60px|0px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;rgba(51,51,51,0.12)&#8221; border_width_top=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Roboto Slab||||||||&#8221; 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