Jacobs v. City of Jefferson

Leroy Jacobs appeals the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”) denying him compensation under Chapter 287, the Workers’ Compensation Act, for a claimed occupational injury. Jacobs claims that the Commission erred in affirming the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) determination that he failed to establish a causal connection between his work as a firefighter and his respiratory condition. Jacobs contends he proved that part of his medical condition is due to his employment as a firefighter and that the competent and substantial evidence in the case shows…