A New York state appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against the Manlius and Pompey Hill (NY) fire departments in the Line of Duty death of a Volunteer Firefighter (2 FF’s were killed) operating at a Pompey house fire in 2002. The state Supreme Court Appellate Division concluded the law granting personal immunity to Volunteer Firefighters does not apply to the fire departments themselves or to department officials. The lawsuit stems from the Line of Duty death of Firefighter Timothy Lynch in a fire March 7, 2002, at a dwelling in Pompey. Manlius Firefighter John Ginocchetti also died in the Line of Duty at that fire (details below).
FF Lynch’s widow, Donna Prince Lynch, sued Onondaga County and then-county Fire Coordinator Mike Waters in 2003. The county responded to that lawsuit by suing the Pompey Hill Fire District, the Pompey Hill Fire Department, Assistant Chiefs Richard Abbott and Mark Kovalewski, the village of Manlius, the Manlius Fire Department, Deputy Chief Raymond Dill and homeowner Joseph Messina.
MORE THIS MOST RECENT ACTION HERE: http://tinyurl.com/246oh3n
HERE are several related articles and links of interest about the above fire:
http://www.volunteerfd.org/article/400128/ (About the Fire & the “charges”)
http://tinyurl.com/yljpyww (About Incident Commander & Fire Officer Liability)
HERE are several related articles and links of interest about the above fire:
http://www.volunteerfd.org/article/400128/ (About the Fire & the “charges”)
http://tinyurl.com/yljpyww (About Incident Commander & Fire Officer Liability)
http://tinyurl.com/2aooysm (More on the NY State Charges)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200206.html (THE NIOSH LODD REPORT)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200206.html (THE NIOSH LODD REPORT)
