Firefighter’s Hearing Loss Not Compensable
A Louisiana firefighter suffering from work-related hearing loss has lost his workers compensation claim because it was not the result of a “single traumatic accident.” James J. Hartman, Jr., a...
View ArticleDisabled Georgia Fire Lieutenant Claims City Wrongfully Changed Pension Laws...
A Georgia fire lieutenant who was injured in the line of duty, has filed suit claiming her employer defrauded her out of disability pension benefits by changing the rules after she was injured....
View ArticleLouisiana Court Orders Civil Service Board to Rehear Termination Case
The Louisiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling that the City of Kenner’s Civil Service Board wrongfully denied the appeal of an assistant chief who was forced to retire in 2018. The...
View ArticleIllinois Firefighter Injured During Live Burn Denied Health Benefits
An Illinois firefighter who was catastrophically injured in 2016 during a live fire training exercise, has lost his appeal to get health insurance benefits that are available to firefighters injured...
View ArticleKansas Court Upholds Firefighter’s Hearing Loss Disability Claim
The Kansas Court of Appeals has upheld a workers’ comp claim brought by a firefighter alleging hearing loss. Patrick O'Neal was a firefighter with the Hutchinson Fire Department. O'Neal filed a...
View ArticleNY Appellate Court Rules Recruit Injured During Training Entitled to...
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has ruled that a firefighter-recruit injured during training is entitled to the same disability compensation reserved for firefighters “injured in...
View ArticleIdaho Supreme Court Upholds Cancer Presumption for Firefighters
The Supreme Court of Idaho has upheld the constitutionality of the state’s cancer presumption law for firefighters, in a challenge brought by a city contesting a firefighter’s right to workers’ comp...
View ArticleCourt Rejects FDNY Widow’s Suit to Recover 9-11 Related Benefits
The widow of a retired FDNY firefighter who died of cancer in 2018 has failed in her suit to recover from the World Trade Center Volunteer Fund or workers compensation. Maria Fierro-Switzer filed suit...
View ArticleNJ Appeals Court Denies Suit by Captain For Injuries Caused by Probationary...
The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court has held that a fire captain cannot recover for injuries he sustained that he claims were due to the incompetence of a probationary firefighter....
View ArticleLouisiana Appeals Court Rules Parish Failed to Rebut Cancer Presumption
The Louisiana Court of Appeals has reversed a worker’s compensation decision that denied a firefighter benefits for cancer. James Schexnayder, a firefighter in Jefferson Parish, was diagnosed with...
View ArticleDenver Firefighter Sues City and Union After Disability Retirement
A Denver firefighter who was placed on light duty and later granted a disability pension following an injury to his hand, has filed suit against the city and IAFF Local 858 claiming they conspired to...
View ArticleAfter 13 Years of Litigation, Settlement Reached with Injured Missouri...
A firefighter who was severely burned trying to rescue a man in 2006, has settled two lawsuits she filed against the fire department for $1 million. Cindy Schuenke has reached a settlement with the...
View ArticleAppellate Court Upholds Denial of NJ Firefighter’s Disability Pension
The Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court has upheld the denial of an “accidental disability pension” to a firefighter because his injury was not the result of “an undesigned or unexpected...
View ArticleMinnesota Two-Hatter Prevails in Disability Claim
When a firefighter works full-time for one department, and part-time for a second department, can the full-time department be financially responsible if the firefighter suffers a career ending injury...
View ArticleNY Firefighter Sues City and Union for Discrimination
A Peekskill, New York firefighter of Middle-Eastern ancestry has filed suit against the city, the firefighters’ union, and the fire chief alleging race and ethnicity discrimination. Robert Pappas...
View ArticleDeath Benefits Awarded to Florida Firefighter Who Died of Brain Cancer
The widow of a Florida firefighter who died of brain cancer in 2021, has prevailed in obtaining workers comp death benefits from his employer. Eric Siena was an Orange County firefighter who was...
View ArticleWorkers Comp Bars Recovery By Injured San Francisco Firefighter
A San Francisco firefighter who was critically injured when a city bus drove over a hoseline at a building fire, has lost his suit to hold the city and the bus driver liable. Matthew Vann suffered a...
View ArticleMissouri Court Rules Death Benefit for Volunteer FFs To Be Based on Career Wages
The Missouri Court of Appeals has ruled that death benefits for volunteer firefighters should be based upon the average wages of “similar” career firefighters in Missouri, and not the value of the...
View ArticleNY Firefighter Injured In Drill Competition Entitled to Comp and No More
The dismissal of a lawsuit filed by volunteer firefighter who was injured while preparing for a drill competition, has been upheld by the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. The suit was...
View ArticleWashington Captain Sues City for Injuries Sustained at Structure Fire
A Washington fire captain and his spouse have filed suit against his department claiming the injuries he suffered at a building fire, were the result of the city’s negligence. Vancouver Captain Gregory...
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