FL Police Officer’s “Being Held” in MD’s Office for Medicine to Take Effect is No Disablement

Catch 22 Prevents Florida Officer From Utilizing Presumption of Compensability

A Florida appellate court affirmed a decision by a judge of compensation claims that found a law enforcement officer was not entitled to the special presumption of compensability related to...

CT High Court Says Transplanted Heart is Not a Prosthetic Device

The Supreme Court of Connecticut held that a transplanted heart is not in the nature of a prosthetic device. Accordingly, where a police officer sustained a compensable rare autoimmune disease...

Las Vegas Police Officer's Injuries During Commute Home Were Compensable

Adopting a "totality-of-the-circumstances" approach to determine whether a police officer's injury fell within the so-called "law-enforcement" exception to the standard going and coming rule, the Supreme Court of Nevada reversed...

TX Deputy’s Fatal Injuries While Traveling Home in Patrol Car Were Compensable

Reversing a lower appellate court, the Supreme Court of Texas held that because the summary judgment evidence established that a deputy sheriff — who died in a vehicular accident involving...

NY Court Affirms Denial of Death Benefits Following Police Officer’s Apparent Suicide

A New York appellate court recently affirmed the findings of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that a police officer’s death, from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound was not a line-of-duty...

Nebraska Deputy’s Fatal Injuries in Auto Accident Not Compensable

Deputy Was on Cell Phone Exchanging Shift-Change Information at Time of Crash A deputy sheriff’s death in an automobile accident did not arise out of and in the course of...

Florida: Abnormal Pre-Employment BP Reading Does Not Mean Loss of Presumption of Compensability

“White Coat” Syndrome Could Explain Isolated Reading As do a number of states, Florida provides a specialized presumption of compensability favoring certain law enforcement officers [see § 112.18(1), Fla. Stat.]....

Mississippi Officer’s High Speed Driving, Without Seatbelt, Did Not Amount to Willful Intent To Injure Himself

Although crash data indicated not only that a Mississippi patrol officer increased his speed steadlily from 53 mph to more than 90 mph in the twelve seconds prior to an...

Connecticut Police Officer’s Failure to File Timely Hypertension Claim No Bar to Subsequent Claim Related to Myocardial Infarction

Connecticut, like a host of other states, has a special presumption that aids police officers (and some other first responders) who pass a physical exam at the time of hiring...

Illinois Police Officer’s Back Injury Lifting Duty Bag at Home Found Compensable

A police officer, who injured his back as he lifted his “duty bag” to place it in his personal vehicle prior to leaving his home for work sustained an injury...

Connecticut: Special Statute Providing Benefits to Police Officers and Firefighters Injured During “Commute” Did Not Apply to Injury in Officer’s Driveway

The basic “going and coming” rule, in effect in the vast majority of jurisdictions, is that for an employee having fixed hours and place of work, injuries sustained going to...