Tag Archives: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue

In this edition of Fire Law Vlog, we cover three recent Fire Law cases that passed under the radar: a patent violation suit against a volunteer fire department in Virginia; the arrest and release of a medic in Los Angeles County; and a suit by a Florida firefighter contesting his termination for cooking coconut and cannabis in the fire station.

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The mother of woman who died from a stroke after Hillsborough County firefighters failed to transport her to the hospital because they believed she was intoxicated, has filed suit. Crystle Galloway, 30, died on July 9, 2018.

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The termination of a Florida firefighter for violating a gang affiliation prohibition has been upheld by an arbitrator. Clinton Neal Walker was fired by Hillsborough County Fire Rescue in January 2018. He was the first county employee to be charged with violating a new ordinance that prohibits employees from being affiliated with a criminal organization.

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A Florida firefighter is facing manslaughter charges after he forgot his son in his pickup truck and the child died of heat stroke. Hillsborough County firefighter Troy Whitaker thought he had dropped off his 23-month old son Lawson at day care last Friday morning, and went home to study for promotion.

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Criminal charges against two Hillsborough County firefighters who were arrested in a high-profile incident in St. Petersburg last month have been dropped, and an investigation started against one of the arresting officers.

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