Legal Issues
James Timothy Fickling turned on Dayton firefighters after attacking the security guard’s face and eyes
The suspect had been sought since the Wednesday night shootings that killed 18 people and wounded 13
A physician for Pasco County never saw Firefighter William Hammond, or his medical records, and claimed the cancer was not aggressive
The county fire chiefs met and back the two firefighters; they too may hire lawyers
He faces two years in prison for sexual relations with a girl who was 15 and 16 years old
Firefighter Justin Wilkinson says he was fired by his employer because he was late to work the day of a massive fire; his employer says otherwise
The fire, set over a drug debt dispute, was the deadliest in Cleveland history
The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by Cal Fire against property owners for causing the massive 2007 ‘Moonlight’ fire
The parents claim the fire department was negligent by not providing an ambulance for the 14-year-old who died of a heart attack at a cross-country meet
Fire union officials called the grand jury ‘shameful’ for not charging building owners in a fire that killed 2 Philly firefighters
Bryce Allen, 49, was charged with first-degree murder in the March 19, 2012 collision that killed Jacksonville Fire Department Capt. Donald Jones
A city-issued report now contradicts the coroner’s conclusion that the teen survived the crash and was killed by fire trucks
Arbitrators say Fire Chief Gregory Paxton, who pulled a man out of a car at gunpoint last year, didn’t deserve suspension and should be paid $20,000 for lost overtime
The 25 named plaintiffs in the suit include retired public school teachers, firefighters, prison workers, and employees of various state agencies
Firefighter Elyse Duckett accused the department of “falsely” identifying her to the media as being responsible for killing a 16-year-old survivor
The case of firefighter-medic Marlise Munoz drew national debate about life support for the sake of a fetus
Attorneys argued that keeping the woman alive would set a dangerous precedent for future cases of pregnant, brain-dead women
They stated that all claims were without merit and the city “is not liable to claimants because it didn’t act intentionally, recklessly or negligently”
The fire chief notified the state Auditor’s Office to investigate claims of commissioners’ wrongdoings
State’s Attorney: “He abused the trust placed in him by the Rescue Squad, and used their scarce resources for his personal gain”
The department, which has been fighting court battles over racial and sexual discrimination for decades, remains a long way from reflecting the city it serves
Gerhard Becker was sentenced to one year in county jail and three years of probation after pleading no contest in the case of a firefighter killed in a 2011 fire at a Hollywood Hills home
At age 20, Brooke Linman was facing firearms, drug and theft charges; instead of jail, she was sent to “Fire camp,” where inmates are trained to fight fires
The judge may sentence Gerhard Becker, 49, to far less than the maximum possible sentence of four years in prison
The truck was not on an emergency run at the time of the accident when the 27-year-old woman was hit
The city’s first female firefighter said she was illegally fired after she set a fire in a bathtub amid a 2006 suicide attempt
An attorney for the 12 families said that the men’s deaths were preventable and the families want to ensure “this type of tragedy does not happen again”
That a California prosecutor considered criminal charges against the S.F. firefighter who ran over and killed a plane-crash passenger has meaning for us all
Judge said he made errors by not allowing testimony during three-day trial in Sept.
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