Veteran Firefighter Was Entitled to Presumption of Industrial Causation for His Cancer

The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that a veteran firefighter was entitled to benefit from a statutory presumption of industrial causation for his cancer, even though he had left the department before the statute took effect. Case: Di Luzio v. City of Santa Fe, No. 33,446, 01/14/2015, published. Facts: Frank Di Luzio began working as a firefighter/paramedic for the City of Santa Fe in 1979. He spent 21 years with the department, during which time he actively fought or attended fires approximately two times per week. Doctors diagnosed him with mantle cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma i...