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FedEx driver owed workers' comp for PTSD, cardiac event - Conn. Supreme Court
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<blockquote data-quote="newgirl" data-source="post: 2152564" data-attributes="member: 30504"><p>A FedEx Corp. driver diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder due in part to a new manager's demands and the stress of a particularly difficult day is due workers compensation benefits, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled.</p><p></p><p>The unanimous ruling earlier this week in<em>William D. Hart v. Federal Express Corp. et al.</em>upheld 47 weeks of temporarily total disability that had been awarded by the state's Workers' Compensation Review Board.</p><p></p><p>Mr. Hart, then 47 and having worked in and around Mystic, Connecticut, for FedEx since 1987, got a new manager, who greatly increased his workload and twice cited him for infractions, making Mr. Hart worry about his future employment, court records show.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On a hot September day in 2009 and already behind schedule due in part to being ordered to try to redeliver a package, whose recipient was again not there to receive the package — as well as no time for food or restroom breaks — Mr. Hart began to suffer heart palpitations known as atrial flutter, according to the ruling.</p><p></p><p>During a lengthy period of examinations, he was diagnosed with PTSD.</p><p></p><p>“There was generally agreement among the medical experts that, although the claimant's atrial fibrillation and arrhythmia likely pre-existed the events of Sept. 15, 2009, the physical stress, dehydration and psychological anxiety that he experienced on that day could have aggravated the condition and caused it to manifest,” the Connecticut high court said, noting that state law requires only that the workplace be proven as a “substantial” factor in determining workers comp eligibility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="newgirl, post: 2152564, member: 30504"] A FedEx Corp. driver diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder due in part to a new manager's demands and the stress of a particularly difficult day is due workers compensation benefits, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled. The unanimous ruling earlier this week in[I]William D. Hart v. Federal Express Corp. et al.[/I]upheld 47 weeks of temporarily total disability that had been awarded by the state's Workers' Compensation Review Board. Mr. Hart, then 47 and having worked in and around Mystic, Connecticut, for FedEx since 1987, got a new manager, who greatly increased his workload and twice cited him for infractions, making Mr. Hart worry about his future employment, court records show. On a hot September day in 2009 and already behind schedule due in part to being ordered to try to redeliver a package, whose recipient was again not there to receive the package — as well as no time for food or restroom breaks — Mr. Hart began to suffer heart palpitations known as atrial flutter, according to the ruling. During a lengthy period of examinations, he was diagnosed with PTSD. “There was generally agreement among the medical experts that, although the claimant's atrial fibrillation and arrhythmia likely pre-existed the events of Sept. 15, 2009, the physical stress, dehydration and psychological anxiety that he experienced on that day could have aggravated the condition and caused it to manifest,” the Connecticut high court said, noting that state law requires only that the workplace be proven as a “substantial” factor in determining workers comp eligibility. [/QUOTE]
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