Texas Firefighters, Carriers Debate Meaning of Firefighter Presumption

Like nine other states, Texas references the International Agency for Research on Cancer in its statute easing firefighters’ access to workers’ compensation benefits if they contract cancer.  To qualify for the firefighter presumption in Texas, claimants must prove they contracted a cancer “known to be associated with firefighting” or with a carcinogen recognized by the IARC. But claims for cancers that aren't known to be associated with firefighting is the other side of the litigation coin. Relying on a document the IARC produced in 2010, some Texa...