United States Federal Circuit

In an action seeking survivors' benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act, brought by petitioners, survivors of eight firefighters who died in a car crash after returning from work fighting wildfires, the denial of the claims by the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Office and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is affirmed, where: 1) decedents worked for a private company that works with governmental and private entities to help suppress wildfires; and 2) the BJA did not err in concluding that the firefighters were not public safety officers within the meaning of the Benefits Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/25/2014
• Published 07/25/2014

Judges

• DYK

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

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