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San Francisco Settles With Firefighter Wrongly Accused Of Running Over Victim

The San Francisco firefighter who was initially thought to have run over and killed a crash victim at the scene of an Asiana Airlines crash in 2013, has settled her suit against the city. Elyse Duckett’s suit accused fire officials ...

SF Firefighter Claims Defamation and Discrimination in Asiana Crash Case

The already bizarre case of the Asiana Airlines crash just took a major detour toward the extreme bizarre with word that a San Francisco firefighter has filed a claim against the city alleging that she has been defamed and discriminated ...

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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