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Fire department to pay nearly $500,000 to settle case (access required)

Published: February 13, 2012

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A federal agency says the Los Angeles Fire Department will pay nearly $500,000 to settle a firefighter’s federal discrimination case.

Firefighter widow gets $4.6 million in settlement (access required)

By: Tony Ogden
Published: February 10, 2011

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The widow of one of two Contra Costa County, Calif. firefighters who died in a 2007 house fire will receive $4.6 million to settle her wrongful-death lawsuit against two security companies she blamed for mishandling the initial report of the blaze.

Injured firefighter’s $12.75 million award upheld by judge (access required)

By: Tony Ogden
Published: October 19, 2010

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A King County, Wash. Superior Court judge has refused to vacate a 2009 jury verdict that awarded $12.75 million to a former Seattle firefighter who was injured in an on-duty fall.

Ex-firefighters sue over blaze (access required)

By: Tony Ogden
Published: June 21, 2010

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Four more plaintiffs are suing over physical and emotional injuries they suffered in a 2007 fire that killed nine South Carolina firefighters.

Firefighter who fell down pole gets $13M (access required)

By: Pat Murphy
Published: October 23, 2009

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The city of Seattle, Wash., must pay a former firefighter $12.75 million for debilitating injuries suffered when he fell 15 feet through a fire-station pole hole, a King County Superior Court jury decided on Thursday.

Supreme Court takes another firefighter case (access required)

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: September 30, 2009

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The Supreme Court has agreed to decide another case involving firefighters and discrimination.

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The Court will address when the 300-day filing period begins to run on an EEOC charge in a disparate impact case brought by firefighters who alleged that the City of Chicago’s aptitude test discriminated against African-American applicants.

Former firefighter settles suit for $259,000 (access required)

By: Susan Bocamazo
Published: May 11, 2009

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A volunteer firefighter who lost his job after complaining that Montgomery County, Md., was ill-prepared for a biological or chemical attack has settled a lawsuit for $259,000.

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