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Court Upholds Benefits for Firefighter's Cancer, Splits on Date They Became Due

Thursday, January 16, 2025 | 0

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a finding that a former firefighter was entitled to benefits for cancer. Case: West Conshohocken Borough v. Markland (WCAB), No. 1382 C.D. 2022, 01/01/2025, published. Facts: David Markland worked for West Conshohocken Borough as a firefighter. He filed a workers’ compensation claim, asserting that he had developed colon and kidney cancer as a result of his exposure to carcinogens during his 40-year career fighting fires. Markland listed his last day of exposure as Sept. 1, 2018, and his date of injury as Aug. 23, 2019. He asserted that he...

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