Tag Archives: vehicular homicide

The City of Victoria, Texas has settled a lawsuit arising out of a fatal fire department ambulance accident for $500,000. The accident occurred on May 5, 2022 when the ambulance with three firefighters on board collided with a civilian vehicle containing Frank and Betty Roeder.

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In this week’s edition of Fire Law Roundup, Curt and Brad discuss some of the headline cases from last week, including two fatal apparatus accident cases, one a civil suit for wrongful death and one a criminal case where the ...

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A Louisiana firefighter is facing vehicular homicide charges over a fatal apparatus accident that occurred last June. Cody Kahl, 24, a firefighter with Livingston Parish Fire Protection District 5, is facing the charges stemming from the death of Gail Rippel, 83.

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A driver who struck and killed an Iowa firefighter in 2011 is now filing suit claiming that the firefighter, who had drugs in his system at the time of his death, caused the accident. Firefighter Michael Collins, 41, of the ...

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The jury came back in the vehicular homicide case of Pennsylvania EMT Jason Fait today, and the verdict was not guilty. Fait was charged after an October 30, 2006 accident involving a Penn Township ambulance that he was driving claimed ...

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