The Discipline Debacle in DC
It is almost beyond belief, even for someone who lectures regularly on the subject of “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up”. A fire chief, Kenneth Ellerbe, disciplining two chief officers who serve as hearing...
View ArticleChief Rubin Now 11-0
This just in…. the judge in a controversial whistleblower lawsuit filed by two former DC fire investigators has ruled in favor of the DC Fire Department and former Fire Chief Dennis Rubin. The decision...
View ArticleFemale DC Firefighter Alleges Sexual Assault In Station
Four DC firefighters have been placed on administrative duties following allegations by a female firefighter that she had been assaulted in her sleep. The female firefighter alleges that while she was...
View Article12th DC Firefighter Arrested… Make that 13
Its been a tough few years for the DC Fire Department/DCFEMS. And its been tough on the DC area news stations trying to keep up with the latest breaking scandals.DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG In the Fire...
View ArticleDC Judge Restores Rank to Battalion Chief that Ellerbe Demoted
An administrative law judge for the District of Columbia has overturned the demotion of Battalion Chief Richard Sterne, who was punished by Chief Kenneth Ellerbe for not finding two officers guilty of...
View ArticleDC Finally Settles Decades Old Overtime Suit for $45 million
A contentious overtime battle in the Nation’s Capital that goes back to the 1990s has finally been settled… this time for real!!! Last January DC agreed to settle a suit brought by firefighters over...
View Article25 L’Enfant Plaza Smoke Incident Suits Dismissed
Twenty-five of over 100 suits against the District of Columbia and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority arising out of the L’Enfant Plaza smoke incident were dismissed last Thursday. The...
View ArticleDCFEMS Dismissed from L’Enfant Plaza Suit
A US District Court judge today dismissed the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department from the mass tort suit involving the L’Enfant Plaza smoke incident. The incident...
View ArticleDC Court of Appeals Rules Sexual Harassment Not Compensable as a “Performance...
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by the District of Columbia Police and Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Board that disabling stress associated with sexual...
View ArticleFormer DC Firefighter Wrongly Arrested Gets $390k Settlement
A former DC firefighter who spent two years in prison in Virginia has agreed to a $390,000 settlement from Fairfax County. Elon Wilson lost his job with DC Fire & EMS after being arrested by a...
View ArticleFour Firefighters Seek to Hold DCFEMS in Contempt Over No-Beard Rule
Four members of the DCFEMS are asking a federal court to reopen two religious discrimination cases and find the city in contempt for violating a permanent injunction by enforcing the no beard...
View ArticleDC Firefighters Charged With Assault Over April Altercation
Two District of Columbia firefighters who were caught on video punching and kicking a man at the scene of a motor vehicle accident, are now facing criminal charges. Lieutenant Sean Sinon, 48, and...
View ArticleFire Law Roundup for June 19, 2023
In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for June 19, 2023, Brad and Curt discuss a decision by the Seventh Circuit in favor of the City of Kankakee in a lawsuit brought by a female firefighter who accused...
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