Gaffney v. Bd. of Trustees of the Orland Fire Department; Lemmons v. Orland Fire Protection Dist.

These cases present question as to whether plaintiffs-firefighters, who were injured during live-fire training exercises, were entitled to payment of health coverage benefits under section 10 of Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Appellate Ct. in Gaffney affirmed trial court's denial of firefighter's application for benefits after finding that said firefighter did not have reasonable belief that he was responding to emergency at time of exercise. Appellate Court in Lemmenes, in affirming trial court's grant of application, found that firefighter's injury occurred in response to reasonable belief of emergency at time of exercise. Lemmenes case: http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2010/1stDistrict/Ma...