Supreme Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Firefighter Cancer Presumption

The Idaho Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the statutory presumption of causation for cancers in firefighters, and it ruled that an employer must present affirmative evidence of an alternate cause to rebut the presumption. Case: Nelson v. City of Pocatello, No. 49171, 04/29/2022, published. Facts: Richard Nelson was a firefighter for 21 years for the City of Pocatello. He was actively involved in fire prevention and investigation for 18 years from 1993 to 2011 and retired in 2014. In November 2018, Nelson was diagnosed with early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Ne...