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Asthmatic Massachusetts Firefighter Terminated
A Lawrence, Massachusetts firefighter who was denied a disability pension for an asthma condition, has been terminated. Tim Atwood, 49, a Lawrence firefighter since 2004, was terminated last week. He...
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Firefighter Claims Injuries Due To Lack of Bail Out System
A Kingston, New York firefighter injured in the line of duty last December, has filed a notice of claim stating that his injuries were the result of the department’s failure to provide him with a...
View ArticleTexas FD and E-One Liable in LODD Suit
The jury in the first of two wrongful death lawsuits brought against E-One, E-One dealer Hall Mark Fire Apparatus, and the Kilgore Fire Department has concluded that the defendants were jointly...
View ArticleDisabled Firefighter Wins Pension Battle on Technicality
Today’s Burning Question: In 2002 I was granted a disability pension for a back injury I sustained on the job. In 2010 the pension board began trying to revoke my pension under a law that allows them...
View ArticleFlorida Firefighter Gets Workers Comp Limitation Overturned
A St. Petersburg, Florida firefighter has successfully challenged a pro-employer worker’s compensation reform that limited the duration of temporary disability benefits to 104 weeks. Bradley Westphal...
View ArticleWidow Alleges Non Line of Duty Asbestos Exposure Killed NY Firefighter
The widow of a retired firefighter has filed a second lawsuit over his death claiming it was related to exposure to asbestos. The kicker… she is claiming that the exposure occurred while he was working...
View ArticleBaltimore Settles Live Burn LODD Case for $200,000
The City of Baltimore has reached settlement in the wrongful death case of a trainee killed during a live-fire training exercise in a vacant building in 2007. Racheal M. Wilson, age 29 and the mother...
View ArticleInjured California Firefighter Suing For Retaliation
A Vallejo, California firefighter who suffered second and third degree burns while trying to save a victim’s life has filed suit following his dismissal in November 2012 alleging the city illegally...
View ArticleColorado Court Rules on Cancer Presumption for Denver Firefighter
The Colorado Court of Appeals handed down an important cancer presumption decision last week involving a Denver firefighter who was diagnosed with leukemia. Firefighter Russell Andrews was diagnosed...
View ArticleDiabetic Firefighter’s Case Survives Motion to Dismiss
The case of Syracuse firefighter John Williams who was terminated because of a diabetic condition, is headed to an appellate court. Williams was terminated after a series of incidents of...
View ArticleWebster NY Firefighter Ambush Victims File Suit
The firefighter-victims of a fatal Christmas Eve ambush in upstate New York in 2012 have filed suit against the estate of the alleged shooter, his accomplice who purchased the weapons for him, and the...
View ArticleSeattle Fire Settles Hearing Loss Claim for $495k
The City of Seattle has agreed to settle a suit filed by a firefighter who claims his captain permanently damaged his hearing by blowing the siren when he was close by it. Firefighter Rodney Bingham...
View ArticleShould Cancer Presumption Laws Be Data or Policy Driven
Today’s burning question: Our union has been fighting for a cancer presumption provision in our collective bargaining agreement for years to no avail. We have even started working at the state level to...
View ArticleTexas FD and E-One Liable in LODD Suit
The jury in the first of two wrongful death lawsuits brought against E-One, E-One dealer Hall Mark Fire Apparatus, and the Kilgore Fire Department has concluded that the defendants were jointly...
View ArticleDisabled Firefighter Wins Pension Battle on Technicality
Today’s Burning Question: In 2002 I was granted a disability pension for a back injury I sustained on the job. In 2010 the pension board began trying to revoke my pension under a law that allows them...
View ArticleAsthmatic Massachusetts Firefighter Terminated
A Lawrence, Massachusetts firefighter who was denied a disability pension for an asthma condition, has been terminated. Tim Atwood, 49, a Lawrence firefighter since 2004, was terminated last week. He...
View ArticleKentucky Fire Department Fined $25K Over Electrocution LODD
The State of Kentucky has fined the Campbellsville Fire and Rescue Department $25,000 following it’s investigation into the Ice Bucket Challenge related death of Captain Tony Grider last August. The...
View ArticleHartford Fire Cited by Conn OSHA
The Hartford Fire Department has been cited by Conn OSHA for five serious violations in connection with the October 7, 2014 line of duty death of FF Kevin Bell. Bell died at a house fire that seriously...
View ArticleCaptain’s Widow Sues Over Ice-Bucket Challenge Electrocution Death
The widow of a Kentucky fire captain who was electrocuted while assisting with an ice-bucket challenge event last August has filed a wrongful death suit against Kentucky Utilities, Campbellsville...
View ArticleYarnell Hill LODD Settlement Announced
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...
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