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Colorado Water District Sues Denver Over PFAS Contamination Allegedly Tied to Fire Training Facility
A Colorado water provider has filed suit against the City and County of Denver, alleging that decades of firefighting training…
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California Fire Department Sued Over PCBs in Waste Oil
The San Bernardino County Fire Department is being sued by an environmental contractor over the presence of PCBs in the…
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Fire Law Roundup for May 22, 2023
In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for May 22, 2023, Brad and Curt discuss a lawsuit filed by a…
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Fire Department Sues Contractor Over Use of Toxic Fill at Firehouse
A New York volunteer fire company has filed a toxic tort suit against the contractors who were responsible for using…
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NJ Fire Departments Sued Over Use of AFFF At Fire Scene
The owner of a business that burned in Carteret, New Jersey in 2020 has filed suit against ten fire departments,…
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LA County Seeking Millions in Fire and Cleanup Costs from Warehouse Owners
Los Angeles County and the State of California have filed suit against the owners of a warehouse that burned last…
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Virginia Court Rejects Application of Firefighter’s Rule
A Virginia court has rejected the claims of a waste management company that firefighters who were injured at a fire…
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Community Group Sues LAFD to Enforce Fire Code At Drill Site
A grassroots community organization has filed suit against the Los Angeles City Fire Department seeking a court order mandating the…
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Suit Alleges AFFF Polluted Groundwater Causing Testicular Cancer
A man who grew up near a military base in Pennsylvania has filed suit against the nation’s largest firefighting foam…
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More LA Firefighters Join SoCalGas Suit
A lawsuit filed last October by 29 Los Angeles firefighters against Southern California Gas Company is in the headlines again…
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Illinois Firefighter Injured in Ammonia Spill Files Suit
An Illinois firefighter is among five people suing the driver and owner of a tractor trailer responsible for an anhydrous…
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Fire College Employees Sue AFFF Manufacturers For $35 Million
Six former employees of the Florida State Fire College in Ocala who developed thyroid diseases and/or various cancers have filed…
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Dayton Sues Foam Manufacturers Over AFFF Related Contamination
The City of Dayton is the latest community to file suit against the nation’s largest firefighting foam manufacturers, blaming them…
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NY State Sues Foam Manufacturers Over AFFF Contamination
The state of New York has join a growing list of plaintiffs suing the nation’s firefighting foam manufacturers over groundwater…
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