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Tag Archives: Louisville

Louisville Firefighters Suing Attorneys Over Settlement

What would you do for an attorney who got you a $43.5 million settlement? What if the attorney only took a $1.5 million fee, not the more normal one-third? In Louisville, Kentucky, roughly 500 current and former firefighters who received ...

Louisville EMT In Prison for Manslaughter Catches a Break

Tammy Brewer, the Louisville Metro (Kentucky) EMT who was originally charged with murder following an ambulance crash on April 3, 2008 that killed a patient, is in the news again. Last December, she pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and accepted a 10 year ...

Louisville Firefighters Days Away from $45 mil. Payday

The Metro Louisville Council gave final approval last Thursday, November 19, 2009 to a plan that will effectively settle two law suits and pay upwards of $45 million in back overtime wages to Louisville firefighters. It is estimated that nearly ...

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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