Tag Archives: race discrimination

A dispatcher with a Florida fire department has filed suit alleging she was forced to resign in 2023 due to a racially hostile work place and retaliation. Navida Perry filed suit against the South Walton Fire Department, Inc.

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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for February 3, 2025, Brad and Curt discuss a lawsuit filed by a former NH fire chief alleging defamation; an appellate decision sending DC’s no-beard rule case back to district court; a magistrate’s ...

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A US District Court Magistrate Judge has ruled that a race discrimination suit filed by a lieutenant with the Baltimore City Fire Department ought to be dismissed. Lt. Mitchell Waters filed suit in 2023 alleging he was targeted by white officers in the department after he had a “verbal exchange” with a female Baltimore County paramedic whose husband is a city fire officer.

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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for January 13, 2025, Brad and Curt discuss a jury verdict that the city of Mobile did not wrongfully terminate or retaliate against a fire captain who was dismissed in 2022; the arrest ...

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An Alabama jury has found that the city of Mobile did not wrongfully terminate or retaliate against a fire captain who was dismissed in 2022. Captain Rodrick Shoots was terminated and another captain, Jason Craig, was disciplined following the termination ...

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A San Francisco firefighter injured in 2009, has filed suit claiming the city’s racist practices and negligence led to his catastrophic injuries. Michael Estrada filed suit today pro se in US District Court for the Northern District of California alleging civil rights violations under 42 USC §1983, gross negligence, race discrimination.

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A New Orleans captain who alleges numerous instances of race discrimination, conspiracy, and due process violations will be allow to proceed on two of his race discrimination claims, but the remainder of his case has been dismissed. Captain Varrick Dyer filed suit earlier this year.

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The US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama has upheld the termination of a Mobile firefighter in 2022. Kay’Ana Adams filed suit last year alleging race, gender, sexual orientation and religious discrimination; hostile work environment; retaliation; and an Equal Protection violation.

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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for November 18, 2024, Brad and Curt discuss criminal charges brought against a fired Louisiana firefighter accused of stealing the department’s credit card; the dismissal of a civil rights suit brought by a ...

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A probationary firefighter-paramedic in Colorado who was terminated last year has filed suit alleging she was the victim of both race and gender discrimination. Cassidy Cordova filed suit in US District Court for the District of Colorado naming the South Metro Fire Rescue and three officers as defendants.

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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for October 14, 2024, Brad and Curt discuss the settlement of a lawsuit arising out of an assault in California; a ruling that upheld a public utility decision citing a utility for not ...

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The City of Durham has entered into a consent decree with the US DOJ in response to claims that the hiring process used by the Durham Fire Department unintentionally created a disparate impact on African Americans. The consent decree resolves allegations that the city “disproportionately excluded African-American applicants from employment" as firefighters.

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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for August 26, 2024, Brad and Curt discuss a ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals that a fire department that uses apparatus to block traffic at an accident scene, is entitled to ...

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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for July 22, 2024, Brad and Curt discuss a guilty plea entered by a St. Louis firefighter who stole a patient’s wallet and credit card; a race discrimination suit brought by a Savannah ...

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