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Fire Protection District Sues Missouri City Over Street Closures and Speed Bumps
The North County Fire & Rescue Fire Protection District has filed suit against the City of Riverview claiming that the City has installed speed bumps, speed humps, and closed certain streets in a manner that violates fire code standards and interferes with emergency response operations.
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Tulsa Fire Department Faces Another Wrongful Death Suit Over 2024 Crash
A second wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the City of Tulsa and the Tulsa Fire Department arising from the February 26, 2024 collision involving Tulsa Fire Department Engine 23. That crash killed five people including an unborn child.
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Illinois Casualty Company Sues Indiana City Over Rekindled Restaurant Fire
An insurance company has filed a subrogation suit against the City of Evansville arising out of a December 2024 fire at Madeleine’s Fusion Restaurant in Evansville. The Illinois Casualty Company seeks to recover more than $1.2 million in property and business-income losses stemming from what the insurer alleges was a rekindle.
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Fire Law Roundup for December 1, 2025
In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for December 1, 2025, Brad and Curt discuss the dismissal of a lawsuit against a Delaware fire company over a text-message related expulsion; the settlement of an FLSA-related lawsuit against an Indiana over overtime for EMS personnel; criminal charges brought against four firefighters in conjunction with a violent hazing incident; the dismissal of criminal charges brought against two Montgomery County firefighters from firefighters who were accused of using fire-hoses to flood a baseball field; a suit filed by a fire company seeking to overturn a decision to suspend the company from providing fire…
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Connersville Agrees to Settle FLSA Overtime Suit Filed by Fayette County EMS Personnel
The City of Connersville, Indiana, has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit brought earlier this year by a Fayette County EMT who alleged the city failed to pay required overtime to EMS personnel. The suit was filed by Josh Hensley, a paramedic employed by Fayette County EMS, as a class action.
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Montgomery County Firefighters Acquitted in High-Profile Baseball-Field Flooding Case
Earlier this year, we covered the criminal charges brought against two firefighters from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service who were accused of using fire-hoses to flood a baseball field at Montgomery Blair High School.
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Volunteer Fire Company in NY Files Suit Seeking Reinstatement After Fire District Suspends it From Active Duty
The Poland Volunteer Fire Company has filed suit seeking to overturn the Poland Joint Fire District’s decision to suspend the company from providing fire protection within the district. The Article 78 proceeding was filed in New York Supreme Court for Herkimer County on November 24, 2025.
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Melrose Firefighter in Military Leave Pay Dispute
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that a state law granting public employees up to 40 days of paid military leave annually, grants firefighter-service members who work a 24-hour shift, 40 such shifts each year. The decision reverses a Superior Court decision that held that a Melrose firefighter was only entitled to twenty – 24 hour shifts of paid military leave.
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Deep Dive: $31.5 Million Verdict in Illinois LODD Case
In this edition of Fire Law VLOG, Curt and Brad are joined by Chief Gary Ludwig (ret.) and attorney Michael Gallagher to discuss the $31.5 million jury verdict in favor of the widow of Sterling Fire Lieutenant Garrett Ramos. Lt. Ramos was killed in a fire in Rock Falls, IL. In December, 2021. Mike represented Mrs. Ramos, and Chief Lugwig served as an expert witness in the case. Here is our earlier coverage.
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California Battalion Chiefs File FLSA Suit Seeking Overtime
A group of current and former Battalion Chiefs with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District have filed suit alleging the District misclassified them as exempt employees and failed to pay overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The case was filed in Contra Costa County Superior Court on October 16, 2025, and was removed by the District to federal court on November 19, 2025.
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