A Missouri appellate court ruled that the Line of Duty Compensation Fund is not liable for the payment of benefits to the estate of a police chief who died of a heart attack while working at his second job.
Case: Estate of Newman v. City of Leadwood, No. ED107986, 08/18/2020, published.
Facts: Dale Newman served as the chief of police for the City of Leadwood. In that capacity, he was always on call.
Newman also held a second job as a warehouse worker with UPS. Newman suffered a fatal heart attack in August 2014 while loading delivery trucks at a UPS facility.
His estate filed a claim with...
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