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A late firefighter's family took his case of improper health care to the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The case is related to WESH 2's earlier investigation of firefighter health care and a former medical clinic accused of withholding information about illnesses until it was too late to treat them.
Firefighter Bob Flamily contracted Hepatitis C but was never told by doctors at the city-run clinic about blood test results indicating he had it.
At age 58, Flamily lost his fight for life. His family wants to fight back.
After the investigation, Flamily was joined by other firefighters claiming their disabling conditions were hidden by the city.
Even after the city paid 28 firefighters were paid $600,000 in 2004 to settle claims, Flamily pressed on with his workers' compensation case.
"He left a legacy and that's all that matters to us and we miss him dearly," said stepdaughter Betty Ann Sanders.
"Bob was the face of the health issue. He was ground zero of it. He brought about so much change over the last seven years," said Steven Clelland of the Firefighters Council.
"It's definitely a sweet victory. It's part of the battle we've been fighting," said Flamily in 2004 when he won a lower court decision in 2004.
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