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Judge Rules Immunity Protects Maine Department From Liability

A Maine judge has granted summary judgment to a local fire department in a suit brought by a building owner who claimed the fire chief allowed his building to burn because of a decades old grudge.

Maine Fire Department Sued For Letting Building Burn Down

A business owner in Maine has filed suit against a fire department alleging that it intentionally allowed his business to burn down… And if this sounds like the story you read last week – IT’s NOT!!!! Cecil A. Fogg filed suit against the Town of Owls Head, the Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department, and Fire Chief Frank Ross claiming the chief harbored a two-decades old grudge against him.

Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.

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