ALJ Grants State's First 'Mental-Mental' Claim for Officer with PTSD

An administrative law judge awarded benefits to a police officer for post-traumatic stress disorder after he protected a fellow officer from sniper fire during a three-hour standoff, in what is believed to be the state's first decision granting an officer's claim for a mental injury without a physical injury.Little Rock administrative law judge Barbara Webb granted Jacksonville Police Officer John Forte $13,156 in permanent partial disability benefits in a March 9 ruling. The opinion describes how Forte provided cover for a co-worker who was being shot at by a sniper during an August ...