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An Indiana firefighter who claims he was harassed and defamed by his fire chief after suffering from work-related PTSD, has filed suit alleging violations of the FMLA and ADA, retaliation, and defamation. Chris O’Neil filed suit against the City of Richmond and former fire chief Jerry Purcell.

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The Washington Court of Appeals has ruled against a former firefighter who was seeking workers compensation benefits for PTSD. Frank Shaw served as a firefighter-paramedic from 1989 to 2007 with Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue, an entity that ultimately became Kittitas County Fire and Rescue.

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A Massachusetts firefighter who was terminated last year for working while off-injured, has filed suit in federal court claiming that his discipline was actually retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights. Andrew Davison was a firefighter in Sandwich, Massachusetts and co-owner of Cape Cod BioFuels, Inc.

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Today’s Burning Question: We have an employee who was injured in 1995 and needed surgery on his hip at that time. He just recently went in for a complete hip replacement. The city is not contesting that the second surgery ...

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A Waterbury, Connecticut captain has been arrested and charged with workers compensation fraud and larceny for allegedly teaching classes for the state fire academy and responding to emergency calls as a volunteer while off injured. Fire Captain Michael J. Farrell, ...

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