A New York police officer who spent 12 hours at the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and then spent months working extended shifts at the John F. Kennedy International Airport failed to show how his ulcerative colitis was caused by the stress of this work.Case: Cardno v. New York State and Local Retirement System, No. 514782, 04/11/2013, published.Facts: Thomas Cardno worked as a police officer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.In 1998, his doctor diagnosed him with mild chronic proctitis, a localized form of ulcerative colitis.After ...
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