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May 20, 2019
Firefighter who won workers’ comp claim under 2017 law dies
A Phoenix firefighter who struggled with the city over a 2017 law expanding the list of cancers presumed covered by workers' compensation died Sunday after a year-long battle with the disease.
May 10, 2019
Firefighters say cities are breaking workers’ comp law
In 2017, the Legislature passed a bill to expand the list of cancers that are legally presumed to be a result of firefighters’ workplace conditions. HB2161 sailed out of both chambers with nearly unanimous support from lawmakers who sought to protect firefighters across Arizona from the financial burden of diseases such as leukemia, melanoma and testicular cancer, among others.
