Supreme Court Clarifies How Employer Can Rebut Causation for Police Officer's PTSD

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that an employer is not limited to rebutting the statutory presumption of industrial causation for a police officer's post-traumatic stress disorder with an independent psychological evaluation, and that an evaluation based on outdated guidelines can be considered. Nicholas Rowe served the City of Minneapolis as a police officer for 25 years. Over the course of his career, he responded to five mass shootings, six officer-involved shootings, hundreds of homicide calls and six incidents involving deceased children. Before Rowe was hired, a psycho...