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Indiana Firefighter Alleges FMLA and ADA Violation Over PTSD Claim
An Indiana firefighter who claims he was harassed and defamed by his fire chief after suffering from work-related PTSD, has filed suit alleging violations of the FMLA and ADA, retaliation, and defamation. Chris O’Neil filed suit against the City of Richmond and former fire chief Jerry Purcell.
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Mobile Prevails in Tattoo-Related Discrimination Case
The US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama has upheld the termination of a Mobile firefighter in 2022. Kay’Ana Adams filed suit last year alleging race, gender, sexual orientation and religious discrimination; hostile work environment; retaliation; and an Equal Protection violation.
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Feds Sue Pennsylvania Over Sprinkler Mandate for Community Homes
The US DOJ has filed suit against Pennsylvania alleging that the commonwealth’s sprinkler mandate for so-called “community homes” unlawfully discriminates against people with intellectual disabilities and autism. The lawsuit filed yesterday claims that the commonwealth’s enforcement of the Uniform Construction Code violates the Fair Housing Act.
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Maryland Firefighter Alleges Disability Discrimination for Failure to Accommodate Service Dog
A Maryland firefighter has filed suit against a volunteer fire company and Montgomery County alleging both entities failed to accommodate his disability by making it difficult for him to have his service dog with him. Jayce Yeh filed suit against the Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department and the county alleging disability discrimination.
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Terminated Iowa Firefighter Alleges Due Process Violation
A volunteer firefighter in Iowa who was terminated last year, has filed suit pro se in US District Court for the District of Iowa claiming a violation of his Fourteenth Amendment rights. Paul Anthony Reed, Sr. filed suit today naming the City of West Liberty, the West Liberty Fire Department, the mayor, city manager, fire chief and assistant chief.
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Fire Law Roundup for November 18, 2024
In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for November 18, 2024, Brad and Curt discuss criminal charges brought against a fired Louisiana firefighter accused of stealing the department’s credit card; the dismissal of a civil rights suit brought by a firefighter accused of setting his business on fire; the filing of a race and gender discrimination case in Colorado; the sentencing of a New York firefighter on child porn charges; and the settlement of a same-sex sexual harassment case in Ohio. Fired Louisiana Firefighter Stole FDs Credit Card Fired Louisiana Firefighter Stole FDs Credit Card Court Dismisses Illinois Firefighter’s Civil…
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Fired Louisiana Firefighter Stole FDs Credit Card
A Louisiana firefighter who was terminated earlier this year, is facing charges that he used a fire department credit card to make over 180 purchases totaling over $14,000. Donald Anthony, Jr. 22, is accused of stealing a credit card belonging to the Mansfield Fire Department after he was terminated by the department in February, 2024.
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Fired Colorado Firefighter Alleges Race and Gender Discrimination
A probationary firefighter-paramedic in Colorado who was terminated last year has filed suit alleging she was the victim of both race and gender discrimination. Cassidy Cordova filed suit in US District Court for the District of Colorado naming the South Metro Fire Rescue and three officers as defendants.
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City Settles Ohio Firefighter’s Gender Discrimination Claims for $18k
A former Ohio firefighter has settled his gender discrimination lawsuit for $18,000. Ethan Boes filed suit earlier this year claiming he was forced to resign in 2022.
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Fire Law Roundup for November 11, 2024
In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for November 11, 2024, Brad and Curt discuss the resignations of three members of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue as the investigation continues into the deadly training exercise that claimed the life of non-firefighter; a $1 million lawsuit filed by a bicyclist injured by a Columbia River Fire & Rescue ambulance and then billed for the ambulance transport to the hospital; a decision by the Massachusetts Court of Appeals upholding the bypass of a captain seeking promotion to district chief; the termination of a fire chief amidst allegations of retaliation for his having joined…
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Miami-Dade Resignations Follow Fatal Training Exercise
Three members of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue have resigned as the investigation continues into the deadly training exercise that claimed the life of non-firefighter. Public Safety Chief James Reyes told NBC Miami that Franciso A. Camero, Steven Colon and Rafael Fernandez resigned on October 30, 2024.
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Bicyclist Injured in Crash With Ambulance in Oregon Sues Fire Department
A bicyclist who claims he was injured by a Columbia River Fire & Rescue ambulance and then billed for the ambulance transport to the hospital, has filed suit seeking approximately $1 million in damages. William Hoesch filed suit in Multnomah County Circuit Court naming Columbia River Fire & Rescue and Allstate Insurance as defendants.
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