Occupational Safety & Health

The City of Seattle has agreed to settle a suit filed by a firefighter who claims his captain permanently damaged his hearing by blowing the siren when he was close by it. Firefighter Rodney Bingham filed suit against the city ...

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A Houston fire captain whose fear prevented him from entering structure fires has lost his bid to claim the city discriminated against him. Captain Shayn Proler claimed that fire officials wrongfully transferred him to a training assignment in 2004 and ...

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The case of Syracuse firefighter John Williams who was terminated because of a diabetic condition, is headed to an appellate court. Williams was terminated after a series of incidents of lightheadedness in 2011 culminated in a vehicle accident. In 2013, ...

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The Colorado Court of Appeals handed down an important cancer presumption decision last week involving a Denver firefighter who was diagnosed with leukemia. Firefighter Russell Andrews was diagnosed with chronicmyelogenous leukemia (CML) in 2010. The city sought to deny him ...

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IAFF Local 1306, Jackson, Michigan Professional Firefighters, is threatening to file suit against the City of Jackson if the administration follows through it its plan to return $700,000 of unused SAFER funds and lay off ten firefighters. The city received ...

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The parents of an Ohio firefighter killed in the line of duty have lost their wrongful death suit against Morning Pride and Motorola. Robin Broxterman, a captain with the Colerain Township Fire Department, and firefighter Brian Schira died on April ...

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The State of Idaho has filed suit against the parties it contends were responsible for causing the Steep Corner Fire in 2012 that claimed the life of a US Forest Service firefighter. Anne Veseth, 20, was killed on August 12, ...

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An FDNY fire lieutenant who claims he hurt his back sliding down a wet pole last March, has filed suit against the city. Christopher Cooke, 50, suffered a fractured vertebrae sliding the pole at Engine Co. 254.  Lt. Cooke claims ...

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A long-serving Maine fire chief is contemplating filing suit over his recent termination that was attributed to his legs being amputated. Skowhegan Fire Chief Tom Keene, was terminated on December 30, 2013 by Town Manager John Doucette Jr. Doucette admitted ...

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A German architect has pled no contest to charges of involuntary manslaughter for his role in a fire that claimed the life of an LA city firefighter in 2011. Gerhard Becker is expected to serve about six months in jail ...

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A contractor responsible for causing a natural gas explosion that injured three Columbus, Ohio, firefighters in 2008, has settled with the firefighters and their families ending several years of litigation. George J. Igel & Co. has agreed to settle with ...

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An editorial appeared Sunday in the Prescott (Arizona) News asking a rather sobering question:  in light of $65 million in claims against the City of Prescott and $273 million in claims against various governmental entities following the Yarnell Hill Fire ...

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A township in Ontario, Canada has pled guilty to a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act stemming from the death of a 21 year old volunteer firefighter. Firefighter Paul Nelson was killed on December 27, 2011 when the ...

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A fire district in California is facing a suit by three current and former firefighters who claim the department retaliated against them for their position on health and safety related matters. Christopher Blair, Han Domini, and Michael Hayek claim the ...

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