Benefits Claim Reinstated for Ex-Deputy With Multiple Amputations

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit revived a former deputy sheriff’s claim for benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act, finding that the Bureau of Justice Assistance had a duty to secure records from the jails at which he worked to determine whether his pneumonia infection had originated on the job. Case: Lobo v. Department of Justice, No. 2024-1198, 06/09/2025, published. Facts: Albert Lobo was a deputy sheriff in San Bernardino County, California. In 2010, he came down with pneumonia, which progressed to sepsis and led to multiple a...