Legal Issues
The former Bedford firefighter alleges the harassment created a fear of “physical violence and/or sabotage”
The Kansas City Star seeks the unredacted information in a dispute between the city and union over the firefighter’s employment
15 inmates at Rikers Island claim they were kept in locked rooms during the 2023 fire that injured 20
James William Baker II faces a charge of invasive visual recording, a state jail felony punishable by 180 days to two years in jail and a fine of up to $10,000
The Harris County Attorney’s Office said Arkema Inc.'s facility violated environmental laws, sickening responders and residents
Capt. Derek Streeter first sued the city of Pensacola in 2003 and is doing so again, claiming he is treated differently than a white firefighter
Utica fire Chief Russell Brooks will has sought to be recognized by the city for compensatory benefits due to a medical condition he says is related to 9/11
The lawsuits allege the San Francisco-based utility put profits over safety by failing to trim trees and vegetation around power lines
The Marion city administrator and fire chief were accused of allowing staff and the community to be exposed to asbestos in the building
The settlement avoids hundreds of millions in claims that would have been owed if a Collin County jury had ruled in favor of the public safety workers
The order means Oakland can be held liable for its actions and inaction leading up to the fire that killed 36 people
Police said Kenneth Gray started a fire to distract employees while he walked out of the store with a cart full of stolen Halloween decorations
A rash of equipment and property theft in fire stations, apparatus and firefighter vehicles calls for guarding your equipment on the road
Megan Erdley said Chief James Blount had a “discriminatory desire to remove all women from the ranks of the paid staff of firefighters”
When word got out that cash was stolen from an apartment, victims’ families said the suspect was “stealing from the graveyard”
Garland Fire Department spokesman Merrill Balanciere and his two sons were arrested after police got a tip that drugs were distributed from their home
Emergency Medical Services Locals 2507 and 3621 are suing for information on pay history, accusing the city and fire department of withholding information
Donald Brown’s claim of self defense was rejected in the shooting of a man two years ago over a dispute about house renovations.
Andrew Garcia is arguing that he wasn’t hired because of his role in negotiations to expand AFD’s jurisdiction
John Brooks said he’s been subjected to a hostile work environment, threatened with disciplinary action and harassed because he refuses to cut his hair
Patrick Wolterman’s death was the first of a Hamilton firefighter in the line of duty since 1971
An assistant city attorney wrote to news outlets demanding they “cease and desist from further showing the firefighters pictures in your coverage of this event”
Prosecutors say Lester Parker solicited his nephew to set the fire that resulted in the death of firefighter Patrick Wolterman
“You have my sincerest apologies for this childish, insensitive and intolerable act,” Chief Joseph Zahralban said during a press conference
Emory Leroy Rickerson rushed to help a woman whose car ran off the road, and was then arrested for not moving his truck
The measure allows the retirees who were not part of Social Security in their government employment to deduct more of their pension income from being taxed
It is the second incident involving a noose and firefighters in South Florida this year
Under the city’s civil service procedures, the fired firefighters can challenge their firings
State corrections officials say Armando Castillo was taken back into custody Tuesday at a motel in Los Angeles
Kahdijan Miller was fired for having a suspended driver’s license for months and not telling her superiors as well as arrest warrants for hot checks
Justin Snyder was reacting to a story that Kellogg Co. would be redesigning its Corn Pops cereal box after receiving a complaint that the art was racially insensitive
The decision leaves intact the Arizona Court of Appeals’ ruling that the state doesn’t have a legal duty to protect property from naturally caused wildfires
The college student was riding in a bike lane when the fire truck making a non-emergency run didn’t yield and struck him
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