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Connecticut Dispatcher Not Liable For $12 Million Verdict

The Connecticut Supreme Court handed down a ruling last week in a very interesting case involving a volunteer firefighter who used his flashing lights to pursue a hit and run driver. The ruling involved whether a police dispatcher should have ...

Connecticut Firefighter Charged With Larceny for Sick Leave Usage

A volunteer firefighter in Plainville, Connecticut was charged earlier this year with larceny for using sick leave from his full time job as a police dispatcher in Southington. Stephen Chapman is accused of calling in six times during which time ...

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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