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DCFEMS Sued Over Failure to Provide Deaf Interpreter
A deaf man has filed suit against the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services and two DC area hospitals for violating his rights under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Ryan Barrett filed suit today in US District Court for the District of Columbia.
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Court Dismisses Wrongful Death Suit Against Annapolis Firefighters
The US District Court for the District of Maryland has dismissed a civil rights and wrongful death suit brought against the city of Annapolis and four Annapolis firefighters over the death of a man in 2021. Renardo Green, 51 died on June 1, 2021 after a struggle with police and firefighters.
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Fire Watch Prompts Federal Lawsuit in Massachusetts
A Massachusetts woman has filed suit against the City of Revere, its mayor, city council, fire chief and deputy chief claiming that a requirement that a fire watch be posted at the Seawatch Tower Condominium violates the US Constitution. E. Ivonne Beltran-Silvagnoli filed suit today in US District Court.
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Chicago Firefighters Claim Vehicle Searches Violate Fourth Amendment
Twenty-three Chicago firefighters have filed suit alleging that searches of their personal vehicles parked on city property violated their civil rights. The suit was filed last week in US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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Louisiana Firefighters Claim Pay Scales Violate State Law
Twenty Louisiana firefighters have filed suit claiming the fire department’s pay scales violate state law. The firefighters, all members of Moss Bluff Firefighters, IAFF Local 5501, claim that Ward 1 Fire Department’s method of paying them results in less tenured personnel earning more than senior members, violating Louisiana laws that require equal pay for equal work.
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Court Upholds Colorado Fire Chief’s Termination
A lawsuit filed by a Colorado fire chief who was terminated by a newly elected district board has been dismissed by the US District Court for the District of Colorado. Fire Chief Erik Holt claimed the Florissant Fire Protection District fired him in 2023 in retaliation for his exercise of his First Amendment rights.
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NJ Suit Alleges Malicious Prosecution and RICO Violation
A former employee of the Bayonne Fire Department’s fire prevention bureau has filed suit claiming he was falsely charged and maliciously prosecuted by the city because he refused to cooperate with an investigation into another employee. Richard Roszkowski filed suit alleging civil rights violations, malicious prosecution, conspiracy, and violation of New Jersey’s RICO Act.
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Orlando District Chief Alleges Disability and Gender Discrimination
A district chief with the Orlando Fire Department is suing alleging the city discriminated against her on account of a disability and her gender. District Chief Alissa Baussan, who identifies herself in the complaint as an African American/Black woman, claims that certain duties were taken away from her, and accommodations previously afforded were changed on account of an auto-immune deficiency she suffers from, along with her status as a female. Quoting from the complaint: In July of 2022, Defendant hired a new Fire Chief, Charles Salazar. Almost immediately, the new Chief and his Executive Deputy Chief, Ian Davis, began to…
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Suit Accuses Michigan Police and Fire Departments of Wrongful Death
The wife of a man who died of an overdose in 2022 has filed suit against the city of Inkster, claiming police and firefighters failed to render appropriate aid to her husband. Kimani Wesley filed suit in Wayne County Circuit Court alleging civil rights violations, wrongful death, and gross negligence.
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