In re Feehan’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““In so doing we need not limit our examination to a single stressful or strenuous event such as in Burgholzer (1973), 28 Ill. Ct. Cl. 406 ; McBurney (1972), 28 Ill. Ct. Cl. 404 ; or O’Neill (1973), 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 529 . While the heart attack must have been a result of the active performance of duty, in certain cases it becomes relevant to look at circumstances and events further preceding the death than those occurring solely on the day of the heart attack as far as is practical and not overly remote. A pattern of exigent circumstances may in some cases have a cumulative effect of leading up to and resulting in a heart attack. This is a difficult determination to make but one which nevertheless must be made in administering the Act without the benefit of clear and concise standards and in taking into account the physiological realities of heart attack causation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Smith