Cop Battles for Lost Wages for First Responders Traumatized by Tragedy

A Florida claimants’ attorney representing an Orlando cop who was traumatized from helping  bag the bodies after the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub said Thursday he will lobby the Legislature to include lost wages, and not just medical benefits, for mental-mental claims filed by first responders. Florida law does not allow payment of indemnity for a “mental or nervous injury” that is unaccompanied by a physical injury, even for those on the front lines of public safety, according to Statute 112.1813.3. “I can’t imagine how any lawmaker would ...