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Court Dismisses Suit by Black New Haven Firefighter Alleging Disparate Impact
Shortly after the historic US Supreme Court Decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, ruled that the City of New Haven had committed reverse discrimination by rejecting the results of the 2003 promotional...
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New Haven… Again… When Will It End
A group of seven black New Haven firefighters have filed suit against the city seeking to again litigate the validity of the 2003 promotional examinations that gave rise to the US Supreme Court...
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North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue Residency Rule Struck Down
On Tuesday, the US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals handed down an important fire service ruling involving residency and discrimination. The case involved the North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue in New...
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Jacksonville Firefighters Hit With Second Discrimination Lawsuit
On the heels of a major discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department and Jacksonville Firefighters, IAFF Local 122, the US Equal...
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Buffalo Prevails in Race Discrimination Suit
The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision yesterday in a complicated race discrimination case involving the Buffalo Fire Department and the Men of Color Helping All Society, Inc.,...
View ArticleSettlement Announced in FDNY Discrimination Suit
In breaking news, a settlement has been announced in the contentious seven-year-old race discrimination suit involving the FDNY. The suit was brought by the United States Department of Justice at the...
View ArticleMore Racial Allegations in New Haven
New Haven is back in the Fire Law news with word that firefighter Michael Briscoe has filed a race discrimination complaint with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities against...
View ArticlePromotional Testing: Memphis and The Two Year Eligibility List Fourteen Years...
This past week the Sixth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals handed down a key decision in the battle over promotional testing procedures in Memphis, Tennessee. While the case involves promotion to...
View ArticleBuffalo Fire Argues That Four Decades is Enough
In 1974, the US DOJ filed suit against Buffalo alleging the fire department’s hiring process was discriminatory. What followed was nearly forty years of court mandated hiring quotas overseen by Judge...
View ArticleJudge Finds Prima Facia Evidence of Discrimination in Jacksonville
A US District Court Judge has found that the Department of Justice has successfully established a prima facia case of race discrimination against Jacksonville Fire Rescue in regards to their...
View ArticleJudge Rules City Must Produce Psychologist’s Report in Jacksonville...
A judge presiding over a race discrimination lawsuit against the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department has ordered the city to produce the report of a psychologist hired in 2010 to provide advice...
View ArticlePodcast Episode 10 – Firefight: The Century-Long Battle to Integrate New...
In this episode of Fire Law, Curt interviews Ginger Adams Otis, the author of Firefight: The Century-Long Battle to Integrate New York's Bravest. Ginger is a writer for the NY Daily News and previously...
View ArticleMass Civil Service Commission Overturns Lieutenant’s Discipline
The Massachusetts Civil Service Commission has overturned the suspension of a Rockland Fire Department lieutenant, and in the process raised questions about favoritism and racism in the department. Lt....
View ArticleSettlement Reported in Jacksonville Race Discrimination Suits
Jacksonville has reportedly reached a tentative settlement of three fire department promotion-based race discrimination lawsuits. The three suits were brought by the US Department of Justice and the...
View ArticleFour FDNY Firefighters Challenge Shaving Requirement As Discriminatory
Four African American firefighters have filed suit against the City of New York challenging FDNY’s requirement that they be “clean shaven”. The firefighters claim the city's policy is part of a...
View ArticleCleveland Lieutenants Allege Disparate Impact Bias on Captain’s Exam
Twenty-four fire lieutenants with the Cleveland Fire Department are suing the city alleging that the results of a recent captain’s exam produced such a statistical imbalance that it violates federal...
View ArticleFDNY Fire Inspectors Allege Race Discrimination In Pay and Safety Equipment
Five FDNY fire inspectors along with their union have filed a class action suit claiming their wages and safety concerns have been ignored as part of a "long history of racial discrimination at the...
View ArticleFire Law Roundup for September 5, 2022
In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for September 5, 2022, Brad and Curt discuss the settlement of a reverse discrimination lawsuit filed twelve years ago against the Northeast Ambulance and Fire...
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