Johnson v. Williams

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COOCH, J.

INTRODUCTION

David E. Johnson (Claimant) filed the instant appeal of an order dated March 26, 1998 of the Honorable Donna Lee Williams, Insurance Commissioner for the State of Delaware (Commissioner), which had adopted a hearing officer’s recommendation to deny Claimant’s petition for “covered fireman[’s]” line-of-duty disability benefits1 stemming from serious injuries suffered by Claimant while fighting a fire on June 10, 1982. Claimant challenges this order on two bases. First, he argues that the Commissioner erred by employing the three-year statute of…