Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order creating a presumption that COVID-19 is a compensable condition for some workers diagnosed with the disease.
Whitmer’s order applies to people working in nursing homes, retirement homes, hospitals and county medical facilities. It also applies to police, firefighters, ambulance drivers, emergency medical technicians and nurses. And it covers correctional workers, members of emergency rescue teams and volunteer civil defense workers.
The presumption could be rebutted by “specific facts” showing a person wasn’...
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