City Opposing Workers’ Comp Claims For Firefighters With Cancer
TOLEDO, OH — Leukemia. Prostate cancer. Colon cancer. Toledo firefighters have been diagnosed with all three, and more, after working a job that puts them at risk of exposure to hazardous materials, including carcinogens — substances that cause cancer. And despite a state law that says, in general, firefighters who file for workers’ compensation related to cancer treatments should be presumed to have gotten the disease through their work…