Tag Archives: Howard County

A Maryland firefighter has filed suit alleging the department failed to accommodate his disability by allowing him to remain assigned to a station with a low call volume. Mark Levy filed suit against Howard County and Howard County Fire & Rescue, alleging violations of the ADA and the Maryland Fair Employment Practice Act.

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The US Supreme Court has denied the request of Howard County Battalion Chief Kevin Buker to consider an appeal of his termination in 2013. Chief Buker was fired following a series of Facebook posts that began over the gun-control debate

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Last month we covered a lawsuit filed on behalf of Howard County Battalion Chief Kevin Buker who was terminated over a series of Facebook posts on gun control last January. Yesterday, we reviewed a second suit by Mark Grutzmacher, a ...

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A second federal court lawsuit has been filed over the firing of two members of Howard County Department of Fire & Rescue for their social media comments on gun control. Mark Grutzmacher, a volunteer firefighter with Howard County, filed suit ...

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A Maryland battalion chief who was terminated earlier this year for posts he made on Facebook has filed suit claiming his punishment violated his First Amendment rights. Howard County BC Kevin Buker was fired on March 6, 2013 over certain ...

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