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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for February 19, 2024, Curt discusses a lawsuit brought by the estate of a man who died after being tackled and restrained by a Colorado medic; proposed changes to OSHA’s Fire Brigade Standard; ...

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The Illinois Court of Appeals has concluded that a firefighter was ineligible for a non-duty related disability pension despite putting in the required years of service, because he began working for a different department. Michael Wessell filed suit against the Wilmette Firefighters' Pension Fund after the Fund’s board declined his request for a non-duty disability pension.

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The family of a man who died in a fire last year has filed suit against twenty Illinois fire departments and two chief officers claiming they failed to effect his rescue. Aric Evan Tashjian McClure died on August 4, 2017 in a fire that trapped him in a second floor apartment.

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