Discovery

The estate of a man killed in a high rise fire in Chicago last Tuesday, has filed a petition in Cook County Circuit Court to obtain access to 911 tapes and fire reports. The three alarm fire occurred in a ...

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Today’s burning question: Our union attended a city council meeting, and during the course of the meeting we observed one of the councilmen texting. Are his texts subject to the public record laws? I mean, wouldn’t it be awesome if ...

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A Florida firefighter has filed a wrongful termination suit claiming he was illegally fired last March in retaliation for his support for a union. John Carter was fired from the Freeport Fire Department on March 17, 2011 allegedly because he ...

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An interesting law suit is brewing in Washington DC over a fire that occurred in the Georgetown Library in April, 2007. The three alarm fire damaged the building that was undergoing renovations at the time, and destroyed a number of ...

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