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Wyoming Supreme Court Upholds Reinstatement and Damages To Laramie Firefighter Terminated in 2012
The Supreme Court of Wyoming has upheld a jury verdict in favor of the estate of a Laramie firefighter who was fired in 2012, ordered reinstated in 2016, and who sued a second time in 2017 after the city refused to rehire him. Bret Vance filed the second suit after city officials in 2017 claimed he was ineligible to be rehired despite a 2016 Wyoming Supreme Court ruling that essentially mandated it.
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Texas Supreme Court Upholds Police Entry Into Premises At Fire Department’s Request
When a firefighter, in the line of duty, asks law enforcement for a safety check after seeing drug paraphernalia, guns, and flammable liquids in an apartment, is the officer's entry into the apartment reasonable under the Fourth Amendment? Today the Texas Supreme Court said yes.
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Mariana Islands Firefighter Charged With Sexually Assaulting Colleague
A firefighter in the Mariana Islands is facing criminal charges for sexually assaulting a female colleague at work. Peter Litulumar, 45, is facing second degree sexual assault charges arising out of an incident on April 5, 2021 where he came to work drunk and grabbed her buttocks while she was taking a nap.
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Suit Alleges Long Island Fire Department Engaged in Disability Discrimination
A “Fire House Attendant” with the Setauket Fire Department on Long Island, New York, has filed suit alleging he was terminated in violation of state and federal disability laws. Ryan Kilmar filed suit today in US District Court for the Eastern District of New York naming the fire company, District Manager David Sterne and Dispatch Supervisor Janine Leute as defendants.
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Tennessee Church Fire Suspect Was A Firefighter
A Tennessee firefighter who was under investigation for a string of recent fires, has been charged with setting a church on fire on Easter Sunday. Codie Austin Clark, 25, has been charged by the Weakley County Sheriff’s Office with setting fire to the New Salem Presbyterian Church.
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Court Concludes Overtime Exemption for Company Officers Must Go To Jury
The US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has ruled that a jury must decide whether company officers in the Eaton Fire Department are entitled to, or exempt from, overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The suit was filed in 2019 by three captains and a lieutenant who claimed they were improperly classified as exempt executives.
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NY Volunteer Cannot Sue For Disability Discrimination Under State Law
The state law claims of a volunteer firefighter who suffered from “an ever-intensifying campaign of near-continuous hostility” on account of his Asperger's Syndrome have been dismissed, but his federal suit brought under the Americans With Disabilities Act will continue.
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Kansas EMS Board Cites Seven Responders Over Non-Transport of Suicide Patient
Seven EMS personnel from two Kansas agencies are facing discipline by the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services over a 2019 incident in which a suicide victim with fatal injuries was not transported to an emergency room despite having a pulse and labored breathing for over 10 hours.
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Ohio Court Upholds Suspension of BC Over Scope of Practice Error
The Ohio Court of Appeals for the Sixth Appellate District has upheld the suspension of a battalion chief over his handling of a scope-of-practice error at an EMS scene. Battalion Chief Mark W. Stahl of the Allen-Clay Joint Fire District was disciplined in the aftermath of a medical run in 2018.
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Washington Supreme Court Rules Than Man Can Sue Over Use of Brother’s Body for Intubation Training
The Supreme Court of Washington has concluded that a sibling has standing to bring a lawsuit for tortious interference with a deceased body. The suit arose out of the now infamous case where Bellingham firefighters used the body of Bradley Ginn Sr. to practice intubation skills.
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Colorado Firefighter Loses Wrongful Termination Suit
A Colorado firefighter who was fired two days after organizing a meeting of firefighters to discuss complaints about management, has lost his wrongful termination lawsuit. Chad Sells was fired by the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District on July 18, 2017.
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