Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules for Firefighter in Work Comp Dispute

April 3, 2009

  • April 3, 2009 at 1:54 am
    Mary says:
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    Colon cancer is a slow moving disease that is easily diagnosed and treated IF caught early. You don’t just wake up one day with stage 4 colon cancer without some very noticable signs. Bottom line is this guy will get liftime benefits. Could/should he have had medical tests before now?

  • April 3, 2009 at 3:09 am
    plymn says:
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    Colon cancer caused by fire fighting? How the hell was he trying to put out the fires?

  • April 3, 2009 at 6:21 am
    Smitty says:
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    I think the language of the firefighter’s contract presumed any cancer was job related regardless of whether or not it was job related.

    I think this was a just ruling, on the flip side the cities should screen fire & police for genetic predispositions for all cancers, diabetes & arthritis.

    We shouldn’t be hiring people with genetic predispositions for diseases that may be exacerbated by their fire or police jobs.

    Of course that would be illegal and discriminatory under current law.

  • April 6, 2009 at 11:16 am
    wudchuck says:
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    so, if it can be related to this job, can we claim that any cancer we have is related to any job we have. and if so, does that mean i can sue for cancer as a workmans comp claim? if it’s good for one job, why not another? because how can you declare that any cancer is caused due to a particular job? um..um… sounds like a major lawsuit — class action and lots of money lost by the states! um..um.. can we also contribute that to lung cancer — uh oh! afterall, do we not have problems w/so-called 2nd hand cancer?! if folks walk into the building w/that smokey smell, can we get cancer from that? the cigarette smokes gets into folks clothes…. um..um… i see lawyers lining up for $$$$….



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