Tag Archives: fire law

As the third anniversary of Charleston Sofa Super Store fire approaches, four additional firefighters have joined the growing ranks of litigants suing the Sofa Super Store, its owners and other associated companies. The June 18, 2007 fire killed 9 Charleston ...

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Another in a long line of precedent setting cases involving the fire service was decided today by the US Supreme Court. The case, Lewis v. Chicago, involved alleged discrimination against African American applicants for the Chicago Fire Department who took ...

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A former LA County Assistant Chief narrowly escaped a jail sentence earlier this month after he was convicted of animal cruelty in the beating of a neighbor's dog in 2008. Chief Glynn Johnson alleged he was acting in self defense when ...

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Shortly after the historic US Supreme Court Decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, ruled that the City of New Haven had committed reverse discrimination by rejecting the results of the 2003 promotional examinations, Firefighter Michael Briscoe filed suit against New Haven ...

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Colleton County, South Carolina paramedic and firefighter Jason Brown was fired earlier this month because of a video he posted on Facebook. Brown’s situation is similar to an increasing number of disciplinary actions being taken against firefighters for social networking. ...

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The Black Sunday fire occurred on January 23, 2005, a tragic day in a tragic decade for FDNY. Six firefighters were force to jump from the top floor of an apartment building on East 178th Street. Miraculously only two firefighters ...

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The Westbrook, Maine Fire Department has seen its share of legal battles over the past 15 years, and it would seem that another one is on the horizon. Former Fire Chief Daniel Brock, in office only a year, was let ...

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The California Court of Appeals, 2nd District, yesterday reversed one of the most celebrated fire service discrimination cases of the decade. LA City Firefighter Brenda Lee claimed she was harassed and discriminated against based on her race, gender and sexual ...

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The state of Missouri has filed suit against the Mehlville Fire Protection District over problems with the district’s tax rate. The suit, filed by Attorney General Chris Koster on February 8, 2010 in St. Louis County Circuit Court, challenges whether ...

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Which of the following seems out of place:  porn star costume party, on-duty firefighters, alcohol, and sexual assault. Unfortunately those four terms all came together in Sacramento, California on July 2, 2004. In the aftermath of this and several similar ...

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A recent case involving the Anderson Fire Protection District, in California points out the challenges that sometimes occur when complying with open records laws. In May, 2009, the district board placed the fire chief on leave while it investigated allegations ...

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One of four survivors of a fatal apartment fire in Queens last November, has filed a claim against the city alleging that a dispatching error contributed to his burn injuries. Shafin Ahhamed has incurred over $50,000 in medical bills for ...

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Here is a very simple formula that my Public Sector Labor Law professor gave us many years ago in law school: Union official + speaking on an issue of public concern + discipline for speaking = a lawsuit the city cannot ...

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The DeKalb County Fire Rescue released the report on why the initial crews dispatched to a reported house fire just after 1:00am on January 24, 2010, failed to find the fire, and returned in service. Crews were sent again to ...

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