Tag Archives: wrongful death

In this week’s edition of Fire Law Roundup for April 12, 2022, Brad and Curt discuss a wrongful death lawsuit out of Rialto, CA, a negligence suit out of LA county claiming the medics mis-prioritized a seriously injured patient, the settlement of an LA discrimination suit, an appellate decision in NY on training injury benefits, and an OSHA citation arising out of a LODD fire.

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The daughters of a Mississippi woman who waited an hour for an ambulance to arrive have filed suit against American Medical Response, Hinds County, and the city of Jackson for wrongful death. Tameka Dinkins and Rosalind Yarber filed suit in Hinds County Circuit Court over the death of their mother, Elizabeth Neal.

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The mother of a man died who from an asthma attack in 2015 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Palm Beach County Fire Rescue claiming that personnel administered Narcan and then falsified their reports to support their actions.

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Three lawsuits filed last year by the families of twelve of the nineteen firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill fire have been settled for $670,000 along with assurances that new wildland firefighting procedures will be implemented by the state of Arizona

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The families of three of the four Houston firefighters killed at the Southwest Inn fire in 2013 have filed a wrongful death against the building’s owners seeking between $1 and $5 million in damages each.

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A battalion chief from Kingman, Arizona has been cited in the traffic death of an elderly woman last July. On July 7, 2014 Emily Jeanne MacDonald, 75, was crossing the street when she was struck by a Kingman Fire Department pickup truck driven by Battalion Chief Bill Johnston

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The wrongful death suit involving a pregnant Philadelphia woman who died in October 2012 after the rear doors on a Philadelphia Fire Department ambulance would not unlock is now in federal court. Joanne Rodriguez died on October 1, 2012 and ...

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Two negligence lawsuits are in the fire law news today, one in New York involving the delayed response of an FDNY ambulance, the other in Pennsylvania where a firefighter aboard a tanker driven by an intoxicated chief is suing the ...

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A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the City of Lockport, New York alleging that the delay of a mutual aid ambulance contributed to the death of an alderman’s mother. Jeanette A. Lombardi, 75, died on September 20, 2012 ...

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Another chapter has come to a close in one of the most controversial YCMTSU cases ever, but not before one more dose of controversy. And despite 3 ½ years since the story first broke, misinformation about the case continues to ...

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The estate of a Virginia volunteer firefighter killed in a LODD roll-over accident has filed a wrongful death suit against the estate of the fire chief and another driver. The suit seeks $2 million in damages. Firefighter William D. Altice ...

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The family of a Chicago firefighter killed in 2010, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the property owners of the vacant building where the fire occurred. Firefighters Edward Stringer, 47, and Corey Ankum, 34, were killed in a collapse ...

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The mother of a two-year old child who died after being denied transportation to the hospital has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the District of Columbia Fire and EMS and its acting Medical Director, Geoffrey Mount-Varner. Patrice Stephens, mother ...

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A lawsuit has been filed against Pittsburgh EMS over the tragic death last winter of Curtis Mitchell. Mitchell died during a severe snowstorm when paramedics refused to walk through the snow to reach him. His family called for an ambulance ...

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