Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Detroit (MI) Firefighter Back on the Job After Legal Fight

From the Detroit Free Press, a firefighter in that city is back at work after he was fired for apparently letting his firefighters take a door from a vacant:
After months of battling with Detroit to get his job back, Detroit Fire Lt. Mike Nevin is expected to go back to work today.

The city fired Nevin for allowing members of his rig to take a door from an abandoned building, according to court records. He was reinstated, filed a whistle-blower lawsuit and reached a settlement with the city. But months later, he was fired again over the incident.

On Monday, Macomb County Circuit Judge Matthew Switalski upheld his original order that the city had to bring Nevin back to work, Nevin's attorney Paul Addis said.

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Nevin has said he believes he is being retaliated against for being outspoken about his concerns with the department.

According to his 2009 lawsuit, Nevin told officials from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health that the personal alert device worn by a firefighter killed in a 2008 fire was found to be inoperable.

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