Tag Archives: age discrimination

A 46-year-old New York volunteer firefighter who was passed over for a paid position in his own department has agreed to accept $250,000 to settle his age discrimination lawsuit. David Hecht applied for a paid position with the Fairview Fire District in 2012

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An Illinois firefighter who was removed from his position as a public education officer in 2009, has settled his age discrimination suit. Firefighter Scott Kody will receive a settlement of $170,000 and in turn will separate from the Schaumburg Fire Department while applying for a disability pension.

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A fire department employee who was forced to resign last year amidst allegations of forgery has filed a $1.2 million action against the City of Springfield, Oregon and three high-ranking city employees including the fire chief. Linda Morris claims she ...

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Last week was a busy one legally for the fire service, and as often happens, a number of important cases escaped our attention – including several we have been following. In Kansas City, Missouri, the city is offering $1.9 million ...

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A former Maine fire chief has filed suit claiming he was fired the day after he filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission about discrimination by the town manager. Fire Chief Norman “Buddy” Webb filed suit against the Town ...

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The San Bernardino County Fire Department is facing its second age discrimination lawsuit by chief officers in the past 2 years. The suit filed last week by former Division Chief John Salvate, 50, and current Battalion Chief Michael Weis, 62, ...

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A rather strange case of harassment directed at both a father and a son has prompted a lawsuit in Westchester County. Matthew Bruno, a probationary firefighter with the Greenville Fire District who was terminated last September after complaining about being ...

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An embattled California fire chief who himself was the subject of three lawsuits is now filing one himself over his demotion to battalion chief last year. That leaves the fire protection district battling four separate lawsuits – and the plaintiff ...

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A California jury has found in favor of 15 San Francisco firefighters on their age discrimination claims, and awarded them a total of $3.7 million. The case was filed in 2010 on behalf of firefighters who claimed that a 2008 ...

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The City of Sioux City, Iowa has settled an age discrimination lawsuit filed by a fire captain in 2012. Brian Thiele, 48, claimed that he was passed over promotion to fire marshal based in part on his age. His lawsuit ...

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The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced the settlement of yet another age-discrimination lawsuit against volunteer fire departments in New York involving their length of service award programs (LOSAP). The suit was brought by the U.S. Equal Employment ...

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Length of service award program allegedly discriminated against older firefighters.

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One of the longest-serving firefighters in the Houston Fire Department has taken the city back to court for the third time. District Chief Charles Julian, a 44 year veteran and 69 years of age, filed suit in Harris County against the ...

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Three fire service employment related suits are in the news today, stretching from Ohio to Washington state. In the first case, the city of Westlake, Ohio announced plans to appeal a trial court ruling that reinstated former Fire Chief Richard ...

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