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Settlement of Charleston Overtime Suit Approved for $815k

An agreement between the City of Charleston and the Charleston firefighters to settle the three-year-old Fair Labor Standards Act case was approved by the US District Court for the District of South Carolina earlier today.

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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