A Westchester County Cop was injured in the line of duty during a car chase after a fellow officer tried to pull over a driver who was operating a vehicle with a temporary license plate hidden under a dark tinted cover and having heavily tinted windows. In our view, the…
In a disappointing case on many levels, a New York City Police Officer was accidentally shot in the face and chest with a taser by his sergeant. The officer was assigned as the patrol sergeant’s driver in the Bronx’s PSA 7. He left the PSA to inspect the assigned RMP…
A Nassau County police officer was injured when he slipped and fell on front steps covered with snow at a residence while investigating a burglar alarm. He successfully recovered $1.5 million following a jury trial on his claim against the homeowners under New York’s General Municipal Law (GML) 205-e which gives…
A judge overturned an unsupported determination by the New York City Police Pension Fund Board of Trustees and granted a line-of-duty accidental disability retirement to an NYPD Sergeant who had suffered a stroke while searching for an armed murder suspect. The trustees had only granted the sergeant an ordinary disability…
As part of the Year-End Tax and Spending Bill, Congress renewed and extended the Zadroga Act for the next 75 years. It essentially makes the program permanent. In doing so, Congress has provided a combined $8.1 billion for the program, and fully-funded, for the next five years, the September 11…
A jury ordered Badger Guns, one of the country’s most notorious firearms dealers, to pay $5.73 million for negligence in the 2009 shootings of police officers Bryan Norberg and Graham Kunisch. The officers suffered catastrophic injuries when they were brutally shot in the line of duty. The landmark case held…
Two recent New York court decisions demonstrate situations in which police officers are and are not able to sue for damages for a line-of-duty injury. In Alvarado v. Ortiz, decided by the New York County Supreme Court, the plaintiff was NYPD Officer Alvarado who was injured in a motor vehicle…
In a recent appeals court decision, it was held that an ambulance service was justified in firing a paramedic for violation of company policy, and that the paramedic’s sexual orientation was not a factor in his termination, as was alleged by the paramedic in his lawsuit. In Miranda v. ESA…
A New York appeals court has held that a New York City Police Department officer injured when pursuing a suspect on foot across City land can proceed with his line-of-duty injury lawsuit against The City of New York, the owner of the land. Sergeant Donald Mulham was chasing a suspect…
The federal death benefit under the Public Safety Officer Benefits (PSOB) Program for our heroes who die or are killed in the line of duty death has been increased to $339,310 for 2015 (including those deaths occurring on or after October 1, 2014). PSOB programs provide death and education benefits…