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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for December 29, 2023, Brad and Curt discuss an FMLA and disability suit filed by a terminated deputy chief in Georgia; a New Jersey firefighter charged criminally with a hate crime for showing ...

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The Aurora, Colorado firefighter-medics who were facing criminal charges in the ketamine-related death of Elijah McClain, have been found guilty of negligent homicide. Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec were called to assist police officers who were struggling to subdue McClain on August 30, 2019.

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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for September 18, 2023, attorney Bill Podszus and Curt discuss a wrongful termination suit filed by the former fire chief in Kalamazoo, Michigan; a suit filed by the union president for the Mountain ...

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A volunteer firefighter from Portage, Ohio has been sentenced to 9 months in prison for causing an accident in 2010 that killed a 24 year old man and seriously injured his girlfriend. Firefighter Timothy Johnson, now 43, of the Portage ...

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