In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for March 23, 2026, Brad and Curt discuss a wrongful death lawsuit alleging dispatch and delayed search efforts contributed to the deaths of three in Louisiana; a suit by Atlanta Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 134 alleging the city is refusing to honor a properly negotiated CBA; a suit by a retired Mount Vernon firefighter claiming he was wrongfully denied certain disability benefits by the former union president-now fire commissioner; a civil rights suit brought by a San Francisco woman who was taken for a psych eval without her consent; and a suit filed by mental health advocacy organizations alleging that the city of Worcester unlawfully discriminates against people with mental health disabilities by sending police and fire/EMS to mental health emergencies rather than trained behavioral health clinicians.
Louisiana Wrongful Death Suit Alleges Dispatch and Search Failures in Fatal Shreveport House Fire
Atlanta Firefighters Claim City Reneging On Collective Bargaining Agreement
Retired NY Firefighter Challenges Denial of Pension Benefits, Alleging Bias and Improper Evidence
Woman Sues San Francisco Fire, Police, and Human Services Over Warrantless Home Entry and Child Removal
Mental Health Advocacy Groups Sue Worcester Over 911 Response to Behavioral Health Emergencies
