"Lawsuits"
Choking Death Lawsuit Settled
January 23, 2013Five years after Nancy Jane McGhee’s death, a settlement has been reached in her family’s lawsuit against Pasco County’s Department of Emergency Services.
Read full articleDiscretionary Actions, Such as the Decisions of Dispatchers, Not a Basis for Liability under Tennessee Law
November 16, 2012Below is a link to an October 26 opinion of the Tennessee Court of Appeals at Nashville in the case…
Read full articleDeath Prompts Overhaul in Dallas 9-1-1 Call Center
October 4, 2012While experts say delays and mistakes sometimes happen in many of the country’s biggest emergency call centers, the publicity generated from Cook’s death has prompted a flurry of changes from Dallas leaders who acknowledge operators are sometimes forced to work long hours and handle an overwhelming volume of calls. Officials have hired more operators, changed how calls are logged and assured residents that their 911 calls won’t go ignored.
Read full articleLawyer Says 9-1-1 Fund Not Misused
October 4, 2012An attorney representing Kanawha County in a lawsuit that alleges the existence of a “slush fund” at the Metro 911 Center said records indicate there was no misappropriation of funds.
Read full articleFamily Sues Over 9-1-1 Call
September 20, 2012DALLAS – The family of a Dallas woman found dead two days after she tried to call 911 during a deadly attack filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city and local police Wednesday.
Read full articleEx-Metro 9-1-1 Operations Chief Files Civil Suit
September 20, 2012A former high-ranking employee of the Kanawha County Metro 911 Center has filed a civil lawsuit claiming she has been exiled to a data-entry job at the courthouse after sparking an investigation that resulted in the 911 director resigning.
Read full articleFla.: Telecommunicator Admits Regret
July 23, 2012CHARLOTTE COUNTY: Former dispatcher Susan Kirby Kallestad is the only sheriff’s employee to admit she could have done more to help Denise Amber Lee, a young mother who was abducted from her home, raped and then murdered in 2008.
Read full articleLawsuit Over Denise Lee’s Murder Moves Forward
June 19, 2012CHARLOTTE COUNTY: After years of delays, the wrongful death lawsuit against the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office over the 2008 murder of Denise Lee finally appears to be heading to trial.
Read full articleTennessee: 9-1-1 Fee Lawsuit Adds Allegations
January 23, 2012Lawyers for Hamilton County 911 have added new allegations and another county to a federal lawsuit against AT&T/BellSouth that seeks a decade’s worth of unpaid fees. The fees could total between $4.5 million and $9 million for Hamilton County 911.
Read full articleDispatchers Seek Suit Dismissals in Boy’s 9-1-1 Call
January 11, 2012Detroit – The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments next week from two city emergency dispatchers seeking dismissal of lawsuits against them for treating as a prank a 5-year-old’s call about his mother’s collapse from a fatal heart attack.
Robert Turner dialed 911 twice Feb. 20, 2006, and both calls were logged by dispatchers as pranks.
