Posts Categorized: Ada
Lowell Captain Prevails in Unusual Discrimination Suit
A retired Lowell, Massachusetts fire captain has won a discrimination lawsuit against the Lowell Fire Department for refusing his request to be reinstated.
The complicated story began in 1997 when Captain James McLaughlin was given a disability pension d…
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Missouri Fire District Settles Open Meetings Violation
The troubled Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District in Missouri is one step closer to solving the various legal disputes that have plagued it for the past few years. Formerly the Normandy Fire Protection District, Northeast was charged with vio…
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NH Fire Chief Pleads To Obstruction Charges Ending Lengthy Proceedings
A New Hampshire fire chief charged with over forty theft related offenses has finally wrapped up all outstanding charges against him. Shawn Mitchell, who was a deputy chief in Concord and fire chief in Webster, pled guilty to one charge of obstructing go…
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Fire Prevention Chief Sues Under ADA Alleging Disability Discrimination
The chief of fire prevention in White River Township, Indiana, has filed suit alleging that the fire department discriminated against him under the Americans with Disabilities Act by suspending him and not allowing him to return to work after he suffered…
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against DC Fire & EMS Over Toddler’s Death
The mother of a two-year old child who died after being denied transportation to the hospital has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the District of Columbia Fire and EMS and its acting Medical Director, Geoffrey Mount-Varner. Patrice Stephens,…
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Pittsburgh Snowstorm Death Lawsuit Filed
A lawsuit has been filed against Pittsburgh EMS over the tragic death last winter of Curtis Mitchell. Mitchell died during a severe snowstorm when paramedics refused to walk through the snow to reach him. His family called for an ambulance 10 times over …
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Birmingham Firefighters Challenge Unannounced 20% Pay Cut
Birmingham, Alabama firefighters filed suit against the city last Friday afternoon, September 24, 2010, hours after the city cut their pay by 20% without bargaining or giving them notice. According to one news source, firefighters learned about the cuts …
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Uniontown Firefighters Prevail Against Effort to Eliminate the Department
A labor dispute in Uniontown, Pennsylvania has resulted in an arbitration panel ruling that the city must rehire laid off firefighters, and stop plans to lay off the remainder of the department at the end of the year.
The ruling issued on September…
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Mayor Trying To Evict Fire Company From Firehouse Owned By Fire Company
There are a number of nasty disputes going on around the country between volunteer firefighters and local politicians. Perhaps these types of disputes are inevitable. Lord knows that well over 90% of the career fire departments I come in contact with…
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Fire Chief Accused of Sexual Assault at City Hall
The Fire Chief of the Jeannette Fire Department in western Pennsylvania has been suspended with pay pending an investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a women who had come to apply for a job with the department.
Fire Chief Randy Dubich …
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Oakland Settles Discrimination Case: Seizures
Captain Vicky Evans-Robinson, 55, who worked as a spokeswoman for the Oakland Fire Department, recently settled a disability discrimination lawsuit with the city for $245,000. The law suit had alleged that the department refused to allow Evans-Rob…
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Pension Benefits Case Raises Complex Issues in San Diego
Ron Saathoff, the president of the San Diego firefighters union has sued the city of San Diego, asking it to honor his retirement benefits that were canceled two years ago after an investigation by the IRS concluded that it violated federal tax laws. Saa…
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Captain’s Parents Sue for Daughter’s Death
The parents of the Colerain Township Fire Department captain killed in the line of duty on April 4, 2008, have filed suit against a host defendants. Captain Robin Broxterman was killed along with FF Brian Schira when they became trapped in a house fire o…
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New Haven Case Takes Another Step Forward… we think….
The beleaguered and litigation weary New Haven Fire Department took another step closer to resolving the contentious and demoralizing fight over promotions that has been going on for five years. Under order from the United States Supreme Cour…
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