legislatively created presumption in Pennsylvania

2018(Id., No. 3(l).) 2 In Sladek, the Supreme Court granted review on the following issues: (1) Whether the Commonwealth Court, in a case of first impression, committed an error of law by misinterpreting Section 108(r) to require a firefighter diagnosed with cancer caused by an IARC Group I carcinogen to establish exposure to a specific carcinogen that causes his/her cancer in order to gain the rebuttable presumption provided by the law?; and (2) Whether the Commonwealth Court committed an error of law by concluding that a legislatively-created presumption of compensability may be competently rebu

2018Before that time, he had never been treated or diagnosed with any type of cancer. [Id., No. 3(b) and (o).] By way of background, his father and two uncles had prostate cancer when they were in their seventies. [Id., No. 3(q).] Additionally, 2 In Sladek, the Supreme Court granted review on the following issues: (1) Whether the Commonwealth Court, in a case of first impression, committed an error of law by misinterpreting Section 108(r) to require a firefighter diagnosed with cancer caused by an IARC Group I carcinogen to establish exposure to a specific carcinogen that causes his/her cancer in

2025See Dean v. Dep’t of Transp., 751 A.2d 1130, 1132 (Pa. 2000).