Tag Archives: orland fire protection district

In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for December 5, 2022, Brad and Curt discuss a suit filed by a Georgia battalion chief who claims she was improperly categorized as an exempt employee, and improperly denied overtime; an Illinois ruling ...

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In a split decision in a case involving a fire department, the Illinois Supreme court has taken the drastic step of abolishing the public duty doctrine in Illinois. The case involved a 911 call for a medical emergency that, for a variety of Murphy’s Law-type reasons, resulted in a 41-minute delay in accessing the patient

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Two dismissals are in the Fire Law headlines, one a wrongful death suit from Virginia and the other a sexual harassment suit from Illinois. In Virginia, a wrongful death suit against Middleburg Volunteer Fire Department and Loudoun County has been ...

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  An Illinois sexual harassment case originally filed in state court, is now headed to federal court along with some nasty allegations. Lieutenant Terri Simone Lorenz of the Orland Fire Protection District claims that her sexual harassment problems began shortly ...

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Today’s Burning Question: In 2002 I was granted a disability pension for a back injury I sustained on the job. In 2010 the pension board began trying to revoke my pension under a law that allows them to terminate it ...

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An Illinois fire chief who agreed to resign in the midst of a controversy is threatening to rescind his resignation after the president of the fire protection district publically commented on the allegations in violation of a non-disclosure agreement. Orland ...

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