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Dispatch Tapes Released in KC Shooting

The fire dispatch tapes have been released in the shooting death of an off-duty Kansas City firefighter on his wedding night following a dispute over cab fare. Firefighter Anthony Bruno allegedly got into a dispute with a cab driver on ...

Kansas City Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Kansas City, Missouri reached a $280,000 settlement with Hope Nkani and Gift Nkani, parents of 7-year-old boy Obarimomoya Nkani who was struck and killed by a responding city fire truck in 2009. Obarimomoya was returning home from Woodland Elementary School ...

You Can’t Win Them All

A retired battalion chief from the Kansas City (Missouri) Fire Department who won two previous Federal court cases for sexual discrimination in 1999 (Kline I) and 2006 (Kline II), finally lost a case (Kline III). On December 22, 2009, a ...

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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