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Texas Appeals Court Overturns Ruling in Fort Worth Discipline Case
A Texas Appellate Court has reversed a ruling by a hearing examiner that reinstated a Fort Worth firefighter, because she considered evidence outside of the record. Shea O'Neill got into an off-duty altercation with a retiree at a college football scrimmage. At the time O’Neill has his twin sons and a friend with him.
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FDNY Gets Split Decision in Trademark Suit
A federal court has upheld in part and denied in part a trademark infringement suit brought by the City of New York against a vendor who refused to stop selling FDNY and NYPD t-shirts and memorabilia. The city sued Blue Rage, Inc. doing business as The Cop Shop alleging it sold “a wide variety of unlicensed, infringing merchandise bearing the NYPD and FDNY Trademarks.”
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NY Fire District Sues Ferrara for $1 Million Over Problems With Aerial
A fire district in New York has filed suit against Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc. claiming a 2015 aerial platform ladder truck was defective. The East Fishkill Fire District filed suit last week in US District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking just over $1 million.
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Palm Beach County Firefighter Sues Under ADA
A Palm Beach County firefighter has filed suit claiming he is being discriminated against by his superiors on account of a perceived psychological disability. FF Victor Hernandez filed suit earlier this month in Palm Beach County Circuit Court alleging a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Firefighter and Utilities Settle Burn Injury case for $5 Million
A firefighter who was severely burned in 2015 while battling a wildland fire in Washington state has reached a $5 million settlement with two utility companies who were blamed for causing the fire. Daniel Lyon Jr. was the sole survivor of a US Forest Service engine company that was overrun by fire on August 19, 2015 during the Twisp River Fire.
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Nevada Firefighters Claim Overtime Violation Under FLSA
Two Nevada firefighters have filed a class action suit claiming they and their collogues have been wrongly classified as exempt from overtime. Victor Yohey and Chris Tillisch filed suit last week against the Storey County Fire Protection District in US District Court for the District of Nevada alleging a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Minneapolis Settles Sneaker Discrimination Suit for $785k
The city of Minneapolis has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former firefighter over the city’s refusal to allow him to wear sneakers on duty for medical reasons. FF Keith Daniel injured his ankle while on duty back in 2011. The injury required surgery to repair a torn ligament.
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Florida Fire Department Accused of Military Discrimination
A former firefighter in Florida has filed suit claiming he was terminated because of his military service. Chris Merrell filed suit last week against the City of Clermont Fire Department under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act and Florida's version known as Florida Uniformed Servicemembers Protection Act.
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Arizona Firefighter Sues Fire District Over Termination
A former Arizona firefighter who was terminated in 2019 after the department eliminated its wildland program, is suing the fire district for wrongful termination, retaliation, and an assortment of wage and hour claims. Jason Craven filed suit in Navajo County Superior Court naming the Clay Springs-Pinedale Fire District Board.
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Fatal Collision Prompts Suit in Mississippi
The family of a man killed in a collision with a responding fire chief in Mississippi last year, has filed suit against the county fire council and the chief. Kenneth Fitzgerald was killed when the vehicle he was riding in collided with a Ford F-350 owned by the Jones County Volunteer Fire Department Council and operated by Fire Chief Anthony Pitts of the Soso Volunteer Fire Department.
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Cleveland Lieutenants Allege Disparate Impact Bias on Captain’s Exam
Twenty-four fire lieutenants with the Cleveland Fire Department are suing the city alleging that the results of a recent captain’s exam produced such a statistical imbalance that it violates federal anti-discrimination guidelines. While such an claim, referred to as disparate impact discrimination, is hardly precedent setting, what is unusual is that white firefighters are making it.
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Ex-Firefighter Sues Two Previous Employers Over Information Shared Between Them
A newly hired Los Angeles firefighter who was terminated last year for allegedly lying about his medical history has filed suit against the city and his previous employer, the Riverside Fire Department, accusing them of violating California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act and several torts.
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