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BERLIN, Md. — A former paramedic with the Berlin Fire Company is suing the organization for $8 million for alleged harassment and discrimination.
Berlin resident Zackery Tyndall, a former Berlin Fire Company paramedic and volunteer firefighter, filed the 13-page complaint Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The lawsuit names his former employer and four individual members of the fire company as defendants. One of them is the current fire company president.
According to court documents, the defendant firefighters believed Tyndall was gay and repeatedly called him homosexual slurs. The defendants took their discrimination so far as to refuse to help Tyndall assist a car accident victim in December 2012, the suit states.
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