Fire Law Blog Fire Service and Public Safety Legal Issues Blog by Curt Varone
In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for December 29, 2023, Brad and Curt discuss an FMLA and disability suit filed by a terminated deputy chief in Georgia; a New Jersey firefighter charged criminally with a hate crime for showing an African American colleague a noose; the guilty verdict against the firefighter-medics in the Aurora, Colorado ketamine-related death of Elijah McClain; a challenge to the no-beard rule in Houston brought by a firefighter assigned to dispatch; a $4.5 million suit filed against an Ohio fire chief for administering Narcan against a patient’s wishes; an appellate ruling upholding a $5 million verdict in favor of a terminated California firefighter; and a court filing in California to compel Google to disclose the identify behind harassing emails in a case out of Missouri.
Georgia Deputy Chief Claims Termination Violates FMLA and Disability Laws
NJ Firefighter Charged With Hate Crime for Noose
Verdict in Aurora is in: Medics Guilty of Negligent Homicide
Houston Firefighter-Dispatcher Challenges No-Beard Rule on Religious Grounds
Ohio Chief Sued for $4.5 Million for Giving Narcan
Court Upholds Award of $5 Million to Terminated California Firefighter
Missouri Discrimination Suit Leads to Petition in Federal Court in California
