Claimant’s Evidence Satisfied the Three-prong Test to Support the Section 301(F) Presumption That a Firefighter’s Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Was Caused by Workplace Exposure to a Carcinogen

Borough of Hollidaysburg v. Paul Detwiler (WCAB); No. 739 C.D. 2023; Filed November 19, 2024; Judge Wolf – The claimant was a firefighter who developed chronic myeloid leukemia that was diagnosed in 2014. He learned his cancer may be related to work while attending a training seminar in 2019. At that seminar, an instructor spoke about “firefighter cancer law.” After that, the claimant filed a Claim Petition….
By: Marshall Dennehey