Florida’s special firefighter statute, § 112.1816, Fla. Stat., which provides previously unavailable benefits—a one-time payment of $25,000, and full coverage of the firefighter’s cancer treatment—to firefighters who meet certain criteria...
Florida’s Special Firefighter Cancer Statute Cannot Be Applied Retroactively Florida’s Special Firefighter Cancer Statute Cannot Be Applied RetroactivelyThe Supreme Court of Idaho, construing Idaho Code § 72-438(14)(b), which generally provides firefighters with a rebuttable presumption that certain listed cancers have a causal connection with the employment, held...
To Rebut Idaho’s Cancer Presumption Favoring Firefighters, Employer Must Offer Evidence that Cancer was Not Caused by Employment To Rebut Idaho’s Cancer Presumption Favoring Firefighters, Employer Must Offer Evidence that Cancer was Not Caused by EmploymentA Texas appellate court recently affirmed a state trial court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of a former employer (and a companion company) who had been sued by a...
Texas Court Affirms Summary Judgment Favoring Former Employer in Toxic Tort Suit Texas Court Affirms Summary Judgment Favoring Former Employer in Toxic Tort SuitA county firefighter, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer three years after his retirement, and who had been given a 40 percent disability rating, was entitled to PPD benefits based...
Nevada Firefighter Due PPD Benefits For Cancer Diagnosed After Retirement Nevada Firefighter Due PPD Benefits For Cancer Diagnosed After RetirementIn spite of medical evidence that indicated an injured employee’s disability should be equally apportioned between his noncompensable lung cancer condition and a subsequent work-related injury to his right shoulder...
No Apportionment For NY Claimant’s Preexisting Cancer In Spite of Medical Evidence No Apportionment For NY Claimant’s Preexisting Cancer In Spite of Medical EvidenceR.I. Gen. Laws § 45-19.1-1 (1956) does not create a conclusive presumption that cancer in firefighters arises out of and in the course of the employment, held a divided Supreme...
Divided Rhode Island Supreme Court Nixes Conclusive Cancer Presumptions for Firefighters Divided Rhode Island Supreme Court Nixes Conclusive Cancer Presumptions for FirefightersA Florida appellate court recently reversed an order by a Judge of Compensation Claims requiring the employer/carrier to provide Claimant with treatment for a renal mass/cancer to the extent that...
Florida Court Reverses Award Requiring Employer to Pay for Kidney Removal Based on Hindrance of Treatment Doctrine Florida Court Reverses Award Requiring Employer to Pay for Kidney Removal Based on Hindrance of Treatment DoctrineLast Thursday, a New York appellate court recently affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that had determined that a worker’s death was causally related to his employment...
New York: Apportionment Not Available Between Work-Related Asbestosis and Non-Work-Related Thyroid Cancer in Death Benefits Case New York: Apportionment Not Available Between Work-Related Asbestosis and Non-Work-Related Thyroid Cancer in Death Benefits Case