Tag Archives: West Metro Fire Protection District

A Colorado man is suing firefighters and police officers responsible for administering the sedative ketamine during an encounter last year. Jeremiah Axtell filed suit last week naming the Lakewood Police Department, West Metro Fire District and numerous individual officers and firefighters.

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The West Metro Fire Protection District has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit with 74 of its retired members for $1.2 million. The suit alleged that the district had improperly terminated a retiree health trust fund that firefighters had paid into during their tenure on the department.

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A class-action lawsuit filed last year by a retired firefighter and the wife of another retired firefighter against the West Metro Fire Protection District, is now up to seventy-four plaintiffs. Tim O’Hayre and Ruth Brienza filed suit claiming the district improperly terminated a retiree health trust fund that firefighters had paid into during their tenure on the department.

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