Langham: Cancer Presumption in Australia

An opinion piece from Australia recently caught my attention. I have spent a fair amount of time studying workers' compensation presumptions over the years. There is a push recently (some will quibble with how recently, say, the last 30 years) for first responder's cancer to be presumed work-related and covered by workers' compensation. The National Association of Workers' Compensation Judiciary addressed the subject in its Comparative Law Project, spearheaded by Judge David Torrey of Pennsylvania.  That summary provides a reasonably comprehensive look at the exi...