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Bellingham WA Settles Suit With Firefighter’s Widow

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February 21, 2023
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The widow of a Bellingham firefighter has agreed to settle her lawsuit against the city for $750,000. Sheila Hanlon filed suit in 2021 claiming that the cancer death of her husband, Neil Carlberg, was work-related and qualifying for line-on-duty death benefits even though he was retired.

Carlberg, a 33-year veteran of the Bellingham Fire Department, died of esophageal cancer in 2018. He retired in 2011. A copy of the complaint is not available, and from news reports it is not entirely clear what legal theories were pursued in the suit. The online court docket lists the case as a wrongful death suit. Media reports characterize the case as an “occupational disease lawsuit” and say Hanlon was seeking “benefits and honors that are reserved for firefighters who are killed in the line of duty.”

Last week, the Bellingham City Council unanimously voted to settle Hanlon’s suit $750,000. Washington state has a rather complicated cancer presumption law for firefighters. The law limits the firefighters to whom it applies, the cancers covered, and the applicability of the presumption to retired firefighters (sixty-months – 5 years – from the last date of employment). Here is a link to the cancer presumption statute.

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