Tag Archives: City of New York

A federal court has upheld in part and denied in part a trademark infringement suit brought by the City of New York against a vendor who refused to stop selling FDNY and NYPD t-shirts and memorabilia. The city sued Blue Rage, Inc. doing business as The Cop Shop alleging it sold “a wide variety of unlicensed, infringing merchandise bearing the NYPD and FDNY Trademarks.”

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An EMT with FDNY who was denied a firefighter’s position due to his age, has filed suit alleging age discrimination. Daniel P. O'Donoghue filed suit earlier this month naming FDNY Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro and the City of New York as defendants. O'Donoghue filed the suit pro se in US District Court.

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The parents of a child who started a deadly fire that killed 13 and destroyed an apartment building are now suing eleven different entities, including the City of New York, for $100 million each, totaling a whopping $1.1 billion. Rita and Mark Yeboah have filed suit in Bronx Supreme Court...

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A gas explosion on Staten Island last January has prompted a $2 million suit against the city of New York. On January 29, 2014 firefighters responded to the home of Charles Caccese for a reported smell of gas. Firefighters asked ...

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Two negligence lawsuits are in the fire law news today, one in New York involving the delayed response of an FDNY ambulance, the other in Pennsylvania where a firefighter aboard a tanker driven by an intoxicated chief is suing the ...

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