Supreme Court Says Deputy Entitled to Presumption of Work-Relatedness for PTSD

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a deputy sheriff was entitled to a presumption that his post-traumatic stress disorder was an occupational disease even though his employer offered a competing diagnosis. Douglas Juntunen worked as a deputy sheriff for Carlton County. A fatal accident early in Juntunen's career involved a 16-year-old boy who had just passed his driving test. The boy's mother watched as his car collided with a truck on the street in front of their house. Juntunen responded to the scene and saw that the boy's "head was caved halfway into the steering whee...