Ron Saathoff, the president of the San Diego firefighters union has sued the city of San Diego, asking it to honor his retirement benefits that were canceled two years ago after an investigation by the IRS concluded that it violated ...

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The parents of the Colerain Township Fire Department captain killed in the line of duty on April 4, 2008, have filed suit against a host defendants. Captain Robin Broxterman was killed along with FF Brian Schira when they became trapped ...

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The beleaguered and litigation weary New Haven Fire Department took another step closer to resolving the contentious and demoralizing fight over promotions that has been going on for five years. Under order from the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court ...

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The Anderson Fire Protection District, in Anderson, California has been sued by The Record Searchlight to obtain an investigator's report on the conduct of its former fire chief. Attorney Walter McNeill, filed the lawsuit on behalf of the newspaper in Shasta ...

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The Metro Louisville Council gave final approval last Thursday, November 19, 2009 to a plan that will effectively settle two law suits and pay upwards of $45 million in back overtime wages to Louisville firefighters. It is estimated that nearly ...

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An unusual age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of 17 volunteer firefighters on Long Island has been settled.   In a suit filed nearly a year ago, the EEOC alleged age discrimination in ...

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Joseph Taye of Bear, Deleware, was convicted of first degree murder today in the tragic death of Michelle Smith, a 29-year-old emergency medical technician with the Delaware City Fire Company. Smith was killed on December 20, 2008, while attending to ...

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Alan Miller, 31, an ambulance paramedic for Denver Paramedics, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for second-degree assault on a patient he was transporting, and filing a false report. On January 3, 2009, Miller's ambulance was transporting Tim Smith, ...

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Another firefighter has been charged with arson, this time a paid-on-call firefighter in Presque Isle, Maine. He is accused of setting a fire at Northeast Packaging Co., where he was also employed. The fire last Friday, November 13th, 2009, destroyed the ...

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Four volunteer firefighters from Logan County, West Virginia have been arrested on arson charges. The three adults and one juvenile, along with two non-firefighters, were charged in connection with several fires in the Buffalo Creek area that occurred last spring. Channel ...

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A Federal District Court jury in California awarded a mother $2.5 million for sex discrimination arising from her departure from the Fresno Fire Department. The woman, Michelle Maher, was a Fresno Fire recruit in 2005, but alleges she was discriminated against ...

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A new twist arose this week in the ongoing controversy between the Chopmist Hill Volunteer Fire Department and the Town of Scituate, RI. The lawyer for the town's insurer, Marc DeSisto, has asked that the case be removed from State Superior ...

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A group of black Philadelphia firefighters filed suit on November 11, 2009 against their union, IAFF Local 22, alleging race discrimination. The group, named the Club Valiants, is seeking class action status on behalf of aproximately 500 African-American firefighters in Philadelphia. The suit ...

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