A divided Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a volunteer firefighter was entitled to benefits for cancer.
Case: Borough of Hollidaysburg v. Detwiler (WCAB), No. 739 C.D. 2023, 11/19/2024, published.
Facts: Paul Detwiler served as a volunteer firefighter for the Borough of Hollidaysburg. He was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in December 2014, but he allegedly did not believe his cancer was related to his fire service until he learned of the statutory presumption of industrial causation in January 2019.
In December 2019, Dr. Tee Guidotti issued an opinion that Detwiler&rsq...
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