Tag Archives: whistleblower

A deputy chief who was fired in May by the Nampa Fire Department has filed a wrongful termination suit against the City of Nampa, Mayor Bob Henry and Fire Chief Karl Malott. Deputy Chief Doug Strosnider claims be was suspended and then fired because of his code enforcement activities at two apartment buildings...

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The California Court of Appeals has upheld a $1 million jury verdict against the City of Los Angeles in a suit brought by two city fire officers. Battalion Chief John Miller and Captain Michael Rueda sued in 2009 after they were removed from the department's Arson Counter-Terrorism Section...

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An Evansville, Indiana district chief has filed suit in federal court claiming his reassignment from a line position to a staff position as the department’s health & safety officer was retaliation for his bringing to light certain payroll/overtime related improprieties. ...

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A California fire protection district that a CalOSHA investigator characterized as “acting like a bunch of 2-year-olds in a pissing match”, has reached a settlement with the state and a former fire district board member.

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A Connecticut deputy chief has filed suit claiming the non-renewal of his employment contract is retaliation and illegal. Fairfield Fire Department Deputy Chief Art Reid filed suit in Bridgeport Superior Court alleging that the Fairfield Fire Commission’s decision not to ...

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A former Palm Beach battalion chief who was demoted in 2011 and fired in 2012 has filed a new suit against the town, claiming it violated the state’s pubic record act. Jason Weeks was one of two firefighters at the ...

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A Massachusetts firefighter who claims he was disciplined in retaliation for his political support of a candidate running for fire board, and for reporting his own ethics violation, has lost his federal court law suit. David Pierce was a captain ...

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A Michigan fire chief who filed a state court whistleblower lawsuit in July following his termination in April, is now headed to federal court, courtesy of the city’s decision to remove the case to U.S. District Court. Fire Chief Robert ...

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A New Jersey firefighter who was awarded $3.5 million by a jury last year for a whistleblower violation will have to settle for $500,000, according to a three judge panel from the Superior Court Appellate Division. Ridgewood firefighter Kevin Reilly ...

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This just in…. the judge in a controversial whistleblower lawsuit filed by two former DC fire investigators has ruled in favor of the DC Fire Department and former Fire Chief Dennis Rubin. The decision came this morning in the case ...

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A jury in the District of Columbia has ruled in favor of former Fire Chief Dennis Rubin and the DC Fire Department in the highly controversial lawsuit, Theresa Cusick v. District of Columbia. Cusick was the former General Counsel for ...

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Marlin Slade Chappelle, a firefighter in the Leeds Fire Department who was terminated in June 2010, has filed a Federal lawsuit against the city of Leeds and its Mayor Eric Patterson alleging retaliation and discrimination. The action was filed last ...

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A veteran fire captain on the Honolulu Fire Department has filed suit against Fire Chief Kenneth Silva and the department alleging he was retaliated against for raising concerns about a fatal fire. Captain George Kaopuiki filed suit  last week in ...

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A Ridgewood, NJ firefighter who claims he was denied a promotion because he reported safety violations at two incidents, has been awarded $3.5 million by a jury. The unanimous verdict was announced yesterday with the entire $3.5 million being awarded ...

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