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PHOENIX — They protect us if we have a fire, but now a group of Phoenix firefighters say they’re not being protected when injured in the line of duty.
Nine firefighters are suing their insurance company, York Risk Service Group, claiming the insurer set up a “scheme” to “defraud” firefighters by routinely denying and delaying their insurance coverage.
Tim Hunter is one of them. He has been a Phoenix firefighter for eight years. In 2010, he said a building collapsed on him while fighting a fire. After the incident, Hunter couldn’t move his neck and “experienced persistent numbness in his extremities,” according to the lawsuit.
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