The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of benefits for a volunteer firefighter’s death from esophageal cancer.
Case: Upper Merion Township VFD v. Dolga (WCAB), No.1638 C.D. 2024, 11/03/2025, unpublished.
Facts: James Dolga served as a volunteer firefighter from 1974 to 2019. In September 2019, he was diagnosed with metastatic esophageal cancer.
Dolga died in April 2020, and his widow filed a claim for dependency benefits.
Procedural history: A workers’ compensation judge granted the widow’s petition.
The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board affirmed.
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